Camellia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  camellia
       n : any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
           solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camelia}]