yuletide

See also: Yuletide

English

Camellia sasanqua

Etymology

Yule (“Christmas”) +‎ -tide (“period around a festival”); compare Swedish juletid.

Noun

yuletide (countable and uncountable, plural yuletides)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.

Synonyms

• (Christmas season): Christmastide
• (Camellia sasanqua): sasanqua

Translations

the Christmas season — see Christmas season

Camellia sasanqua — see sasanqua