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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica}) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: camellia n : any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camelia}]
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