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camelia \camelia\ n.
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the {camellia}.

Syn: camellia.
[WordNet 1.5]


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.]