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camellia definition

ca·mel·lia (kə mēl′yə, -mē′lē ə)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Camellia) of Asiatic evergreen trees and shrubs of the tea family, with glossy leaves and waxy, roselike flowers
  2. the flower

Etymology: ModL, after Camelli, It form of the name of G. J. Kamel (1661-1706), Moravian Jesuit missionary to the Far East

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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