English Dictionary: 'Camellia | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for 'Camellia | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica}) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of {Camellia Thea}. |