camellia

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ca·mel·li·a /kəˈmiːliə/ noun [countable]  HBPDLGa plant with dark green leaves and red, pink, or white flowers, or the flowers of this plant 山茶；山茶花

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camellia• Mine is white and shaped like a flower, perhaps a camellia.• And listen up, fans of azaleas and camellias.• And some species of lily and holly and camellia.• Shrubs under siege Adult weevils particularly like camellias and rhododendrons, nibbling notches around the edges of leaves.• Tubs, their ribs opening, held the corpses of camellias, their desperation for water manifest.• He designs four Chanel collections a year, down to the smallest camellia petal and button.• His photograph of two camellia brooches could just as easily have been a study of two bold flowers plucked from a garden.Origin camellia (1700-1800) Georg Josef Kamel (in Latin, Camellus) (1661-1706), priest and plant scientist

ca·mel·li·a nounChineseSyllable  

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camellia
ca‧mel‧li‧a /kəˈmiːliə/ noun [countable]a plant with dark green leaves and red, pink, or white flowers, or the flowers of this plant

cam·el·liaBrE /kəˈmiːliə/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈmiːliə/ 🔊 nouna bush with shiny leaves and white, red or pink flowers that look like roses and are also called camellias 山茶；山茶花