japonica
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- noun
- /dʒəˈpoʊnɪkə/
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japonica
- For crops, most progress has been with rice, for which the japonica variety has a fully sequenced genome of 389 Mbp (IRGSP 2005).
- Coturnix japonica
Examples
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Many gardeners prefer japonica for its stunning flowers that bloom in early spring.
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Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) is a type of popular commercial line that is known as "betair" in Pakistan.
Academic text (2013) -
The worms were introduced with shipments of live Japanese eels, A. japonica, from Asia.
Academic text (1992) -
I ordered that Fortunella japonica, the kumquat bush for outside the den window.
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Apis cerana Japonica.
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But Sarah had now mastered the sharp left and was circling Mama's big cheerful japonica that had been taken up at her Papa's old home with a block and tackle.
Fiction book (1990) -
She drifted into sleep knowing every variety of flower that was buried beneath her back: hyacinth, hothouse magnolia, japonica, orange blossom.
Fiction book (1998) -
Recombinant R. meliloti contains genes from B. japonica and Rhizobium leguminosarum, and recombinant B. japonica contains genes from R. meliloti and R. leguminosarum.
Academic text (1995) -
The creationists still have to explain why a single-cell organism, Amoeba dubia, the flower Paris japonica, the marbled lungfish, and even the humble onion have far bigger genomes than ours.
Blog text (18) -
The beautiful japonica shrub adds a splash of color to my garden every year.
Synonyms
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A climbing shrub with sweet-smelling white, yellow, or red flowers used for perfume and tea
A garden bush with shiny dark leaves and large, rose-like flowers
A small evergreen bush with shiny leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers often grown in gardens
A shrub with wide evergreen leaves and hanging groups of white flowers grown in gardens
An evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and large white flowers that smell sweet
A garden plant with dense clusters of small colorful flowers
A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit
A thorny shrub from Japan with red spring flowers
A bush from China that loses its leaves, has thorns and red or white flowers
A thorny shrub with bright red flowers grown in gardens
An evergreen shrub with small dark leaves and loose white flowers often used for hedges
An evergreen bush with small dark leaves and white flowers in loose groups often used for hedges
An evergreen shrub from East Asia that makes small round edible kumquats
A climbing shrub with sweet white flowers people use in perfume and tea
An evergreen shrub with long spreading branches and bright yellow flowers
A bush that loses its leaves and has yellow flowers in winter
A tropical tree with bright orange or red flowers
Compounds
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A tall evergreen tree from Japan and China with soft durable wood
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An evergreen tree that makes small fuzzy yellow fruit with a large stone called loquat
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An evergreen shrub from East Asia that makes small round edible kumquats
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A climbing plant from Asia with sweet white flowers that turn yellow and often spreads to crowd out other plants
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A garden vine with fragrant white and yellow flowers that spreads quickly and takes over other plants
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A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit
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A small evergreen bush with shiny leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers often grown in gardens
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A small green and brown beetle from eastern Asia that eats garden plants
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A small tree from Japan with narrow pointed leaves and pale white flowers
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A medium-sized tree from Japan that people grow for its pretty leaves and flowers
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A tree from China and Japan with dark green leaves and clusters of fragrant creamy-white flowers
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Japonica comes from the name Japan and means 'from Japan'. You often see japonica in plant names, like Camellia japonica, to show a species came from Japan, so a shrub called japonica is easy to remember as a plant linked to Japan.