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Look up: Camellia

  1. Camellia
    These gorgeous shrubs, which are clothed in lustrous, dark green foliage, are natives of Japan and China. They produce large, elegant, rose-like blossoms that range in color from pale ivory to shell pink to glistening crimson. The flowers come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They may be single, semi-double, anemone form, peony form, rose form double and formal double. Their sizes range from miniature (up to 2½' across) to very large (over 5' across). There are thousands of varieties available ...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/camellia.html

  2. Camellia
    Camellia is a genus of plants of the order Ternstroemiaceae with showy flowers and elegant, dark-green, shining, laurel-like leaves.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. camellia
    [n] - any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Camellia
    Ca·mel'li·a noun [ New Latin ; -- named after Kamel , a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Botany) 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/12

  5. Camellia
    Ca·mel'li·a noun [ New Latin , 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/12

  6. camellia
    camelia noun any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Camellia
    `Camellia` is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100-250 existent species, with some controversy over the exact number. The genus was named by Linnaeus after Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees 2-20 m tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, thick, serrated, usually glossy, and 3-17 cm...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia

  8. Camellia
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) An ornamental greenh...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Camellia
    genus of about 120 species of East Asian evergreen shrubs and trees, belonging to the tea family (Theaceae), most notable for a few ornamental ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/11

  10. Camellia
    Camellia is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Floweing Shrub` From Old English. The name Camellia doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Camellia seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Cam

  11. camellia
    camellia (kumēl'yu) [for G. J. Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit missionary], any plant of the genus Camellia in the tea family, evergreen shrubs or small trees native to Asia but now cultivated extensively in warm climates and in greenhouses for their showy white, red, or variegated blossoms and g...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08100


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