'Camellia Japonica' definitions:
Definition of 'Camellia japonica'
(from WordNet)
noun
Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: japonica, Camellia japonica]
Definition of 'Camellia Japonica'
From: GCIDE
- Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.]
- 1. (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Camellia Japonica'
From: GCIDE
- Japonica \Ja*pon"i*ca\, n. [NL., Japanese, fr. Japonia Japan.] (Bot.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name. [1913 Webster]