Definition of Camellia. Meaning of Camellia. Synonyms of Camellia

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Definition of Camellia

Camellia
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.
Camellia
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.

Meaning of Camellia from wikipedia

- Camellia (pronounced /kəˈmɛliə/ or /kəˈmiːliə/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in tropical and subtropical areas...
- Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to...
- Camellia ****onica, known as common camellia, or ****anese camellia, is a species of Camellia, a flowering plant genus in the family Theaceae. There are...
- up camellia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. Camellia may also refer to: Camellia (cipher)...
- Camellia sasanqua, with common name sasanqua camellia, is a species of Camellia native to southern ****an (Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands and Shikoku). It is usually...
- Camellia Public Limited Company (Camellia PLC) is an agricultural group of companies, incorporated as a public limited company, with seat in Linton, Kent...
- In cryptography, Camellia is a symmetric key block cipher with a block size of 128 bits and key sizes of 128, 192 and 256 bits. It was jointly developed...
- Furutsubaki-no-rei (****anese: 古椿の霊, "old camellia spirit") is a yōkai said to inhabit and develop from old camellia trees. According to Toriyama Sekien's...
- region of its production. It is manufactured specifically from the plant Camellia sinensis var. ****amica (Masters). The ****am tea plant is indigenous to...
- known as camellia oil, camellia seed oil, teanut oil) is an edible plant oil. It is obtained from the seeds of Camellia oleifera. Camellia sasanqua is...