camellia

Examples

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• Without a sound the white camellia fell, To sound the darkness of the deep stone well.

  Communion (1989)

• 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.

• She planted a camellia in her garden to enjoy its beautiful flowers every spring.

• In winter, the camellia remains evergreen, offering lush foliage even in the cold.

Synonyms

C

camelia

vscamellia

1 7.8

A small evergreen shrub that sometimes grows into a tree with white, pink and red flowers often grown in gardens

is a general description without mentioning native origin

C

Camellia

vscamellia

• Specialized

7.7

An evergreen shrub or small tree with shiny leaves and large showy flowers often grown in gardens

is about individual ornamental shrubs rather than covering the whole genus

Compounds

C

Camellia japonica

• Specialized

8.4

A garden bush with shiny dark leaves and large, rose-like flowers

C

Camellia sinensis

• Specialized

6.5

A plant from Asia whose leaves are grown to make tea

How Fragrant

jasmine

51 2.7

Gardenia

• Specialized

2 5.2

cayenne jasmine

9.9

camellia

1 6.8

hydrangea

1 7.0

Surface Forms

Etymology