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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
camellia /kəˈmiːlɪə, -ˈmɛlɪə/

▶noun an evergreen East Asian shrub related to the tea plant, grown for its showy flowers and shiny leaves. [Camellia japonica and related species.]

– origin mod. L., named by Linnaeus after the 17th-cent. Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (Latinized as Camellus).

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