Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
camellia
n : any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camelia}]
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