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| ca·mel·lia [ kə mlyə, kə mlee ə ] (plural ca·mel·lias or ca·mel·lia) |
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1. bush with rose-shaped flowers: an ornamental bush of the tea family with glossy evergreen leaves and rose-shaped flowers. Latin name Camellia japonica.
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2. tree or shrub like camellia: a tree or bush of the tea family that resembles a camellia. Genus Camellia.
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| [Mid-18th century. < modern Latin< Camellus, Latinized name of Joseph Kamel (1661-1706), Moravian Jesuit missionary and botanist] |
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