Camellia Definition

kə-mēlyə
camellias
noun
camellias
Any of a genus (Camellia) of Asian evergreen trees and shrubs of the tea family, with glossy leaves and waxy, roselike flowers.
Webster's New World
The flower.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • camelia
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Theaceae — the camellias.

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Noun

Singular:
camellia
Plural:
camellias

Origin of Camellia

  • New Latin Camellia genus name after Georg Josef Kamel (1661–1706), Moravian Jesuit missionary

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after botanist Georg Kamel (1661-1706) by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin, after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706).

    From Wiktionary

Camellia Sentence Examples

  • An inferior variety of pear, for instance, may suddenly produce a shoot bearing fruit of superior quality; a beech tree, without obvious cause, a shoot with finely divided foliage; or a camellia an unwontedly fine flower.

  • At other times, as in the petals of Camellia, the parts envelop each other completely, so as to become convolute.

  • There is no other color in the room except a single pink camellia in a tiny vase on the counter.

  • The tea bush or tree is a member of the natural order Ternstroemiaceae and is closely allied to the well-known ornamental shrub the camellia.

  • The real tea (The y viridis), a plant akin to the camellia, grows wild in Assam, being commonly found throughout the hilly tract between the valleys of the Brahmaputra and the Barak.

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Words Starting With

CCACAM

Words Ending With

AIALIA

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