camellia

camellia

See also: Camellia

English

Camellia japonica

Etymology

New Latin Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmiːlɪ.ə/, IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛlɪ.ə/

Noun

camellia (plural camellias)

1. Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22:

     Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.

Derived terms

• deciduous camellia
• oil-seed camellia
• tea oil camellia
• Yunnan camellia

 

Translations

plant

Armenian: կամելիա (hy) (kamelia) Bulgarian: каме́лия f (kamélija) Catalan: camèlia f Chinese: Mandarin: 茶花 (zh) (cháhuā), 山茶 (zh) (shānchá), 山茶花 (zh) (shāncháhuā) Czech: kamélie f Danish: kamelia c Esperanto: kamelio Faroese: kamelia f Finnish: kamelia (fi) French: camélia (fr) m Georgian: კამელია (ḳamelia) German: Kamelie (de) f Greek: καμέλια (el) f (kamélia) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Hunsrik: Kamelje f Italian: camelia (it) f Japanese: 椿 (ja) (つばき, tsubaki) Korean: 동백꽃 (ko) (dongbaekkkot) Norwegian: Bokmål: kamelia m Nynorsk: kamelia m Polish: kamelia (pl) f Portuguese: camélia (pt) f Romanian: camelie (ro) f Russian: каме́лия (ru) f (kamélija) Spanish: camelia f Swedish: kamelia (sv) c Turkish: Japon gülü (tr), kamelya (tr) Vietnamese: hoa chè, hoa trà

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