camellia japonica

1. 1.

   greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

   Synonymsjaponica

   Broadercamellia

Questions about camellia japonica

What does camellia japonica mean?

camellia japonica means "greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties".

What is another word for camellia japonica?

Close synonyms include japonica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is camellia japonica a common word?

camellia japonica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.