camellia
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- noun
- /kəˈmiliə/
- As I stood there watching from behind the camellia bush, I felt sorry for both of them.
- camellia bush
- camellia flowers
- pink camellia
Examples
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Without a sound the white camellia fell, To sound the darkness of the deep stone well.
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Even facing death, she looks fearlessly in the mirror, tucks a camellia in her sash for luck.
Fiction book (1999) -
We go to the left and climb the hill by stone steps strewn with crimson petals of the camellia blossoms...
Blog text (22) -
The mild-moving air has stolen red blossoms from the glossy-leaved camellia trees and shredded them upon the hoary gray lanterns and mossy stairs...
Blog text (22) -
The camellia blooms in a variety of colors, including white, pink, and red.
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She planted a camellia in her garden to enjoy its beautiful flowers every spring.
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In winter, the camellia remains evergreen, offering lush foliage even in the cold.
Synonyms
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An evergreen shrub or small tree with shiny leaves and large showy flowers often grown in gardens
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A small evergreen shrub that sometimes grows into a tree with white, pink and red flowers often grown in gardens
Compounds
- Specialized
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A garden bush with shiny dark leaves and large, rose-like flowers
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Camellia is named after Georg Kamel, a Czech plant expert who lived and worked in the Philippines, so the flower was given his name as a kind of honor. That's why camellia today means the glossy-leaved shrub with pretty white, pink, or red flowers.