camellia

[kuh-meel-yuh, -mee-lee-uh] Origin

ca·mel·lia

[kuh-meel-yuh, -mee-lee-uh]
noun
any of several shrubs of the genus Camellia, especially C. japonica, native to Asia, having glossy evergreen leaves and white, pink, red, or variegated roselike flowers.

Origin:
1745–55; named after G. J. Camellus (1661–1706), Jesuit missionary, who brought it to Europe; see -ia
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camellia (kəˈmiːlɪə)
 
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Also called: japonica any ornamental shrub of the Asian genus Camellia, esp C. japonica, having glossy evergreen leaves and showy roselike flowers, usually white, pink or red in colour: family Theaceae
 
[C18: New Latin, named after Georg Josef Kamel (1661--1706), Moravian Jesuit missionary, who introduced it to Europe]

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camellia
1753, named by Linnæus from Latinized form of G.J. Kamel (1661-1706), Jesuit who described the flora of the island of Luzon.
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