Hypertext Webster Gateway: "japonica"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Japonica \Ja*pon"i*ca\, n. [NL., Japanese, fr. Japonia Japan.]
(Bot.)
A species of Camellia ({Camellia Japonica}), a native of
Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other
genera have species of the same name.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
japonica
n 1: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant
roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {Camellia
japonica}]
2: deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
[syn: {maule's quince}, {Chaenomeles japonica}]
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