camellia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

camellia
    n 1: any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
         solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camellia},
         {camelia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

camelia \camelia\ n.
   any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
   solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the {camellia}.

   Syn: camellia.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
   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}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica})
      with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white
      double flowers.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]