camellia

See also: Camellia

English

Camellia japonica

Etymology

From New Latin Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmiːlɪ.ə/
• IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛlɪ.ə/

Noun

camellia (plural camellias)

1. Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22:

     Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.

Derived terms

• deciduous camellia
• oil-seed camellia
• tea oil camellia
• Yunnan camellia

 

Translations

plant

• Armenian: կամելիա (hy) (kamelia)
• Bulgarian: каме́лия f (kamélija)
• Catalan: camèlia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶花 (zh) (cháhuā), 山茶 (zh) (shānchá), 山茶花 (zh) (shāncháhuā)

• Czech: kamélie f
• Danish: kamelia c
• Esperanto: kamelio
• Faroese: kamelia f
• Finnish: kamelia (fi)
• French: camélia (fr) m
• Georgian: კამელია (ḳamelia)
• German: Kamelie (de) f
• Greek: καμέλια (el) f (kamélia)
• Hungarian: kamélia (hu)
• Hunsrik: Kamelje f
• Italian: camelia (it) f
• Japanese: 椿 (ja) (つばき, tsubaki)
• Korean: 동백꽃 (ko) (dongbaekkkot)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kamelia m

  Nynorsk: kamelia m

• Polish: kamelia (pl) f
• Portuguese: camélia (pt) f
• Romanian: camelie (ro) f
• Russian: каме́лия (ru) f (kamélija)
• Spanish: camelia f
• Swedish: kamelia (sv) c
• Turkish: Japon gülü (tr), kamelya (tr)
• Ukrainian: каме́лія (uk) f (kamélija)
• Vietnamese: hoa chè, hoa trà

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