camelia

Other forms: camelias

Definitions of camelia
  1. noun
    any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
    synonyms: camellia
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    types:
    Camellia japonica, japonica
    greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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