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 Ja·pon·i·ca n.  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.
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 Ca·mel·li·a n.
 1. Bot. An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia 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.
 2. Hort. An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.
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 Camellia japonica
      n : greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant
          roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: japonica]