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name
A suburb of Sydney in the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: camelia
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: japonica, Camellia japonica
History
Borrowed from translingual Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.
Across languages
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