Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The common cultivated camellia (Camellia japonica).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Camellia, Japonica.
- noun Pyrus (Cydonia) Japonica.
- noun Same as
terra Japonica (catechu).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants originally native toJapan , but especially a species ofcamelia , Camelia japonica
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
- noun greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The second is a crab of the species Heikea japonica, which is found in Japanese waters.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The second is a crab of the species Heikea japonica, which is found in Japanese waters.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Kassu, or most astringent terra japonica, which is black and mixed with paddy criu, husks, and other impurities.
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For an entire season the japonica was the only flower seen at the houses of the fashionable or mixing in the toilettes of the belles.
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I discovered we have the dreaded Fallopia japonica aka Japanese knotweed, aargh, so that was A Bad Thing; but also found a small and runty Kerria japonica aka batchelors’ buttons or Abraham’s buttonhole, a funny straggly flowering shrub that I happen to be very fond of and intend to nurture, and some self-sown calendulas, which were A Good Thing.
Reflective on Tuesday Imogen 2009
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I discovered we have the dreaded Fallopia japonica aka Japanese knotweed, aargh, so that was A Bad Thing; but also found a small and runty Kerria japonica aka batchelors’ buttons or Abraham’s buttonhole, a funny straggly flowering shrub that I happen to be very fond of and intend to nurture, and some self-sown calendulas, which were A Good Thing.
Archive 2009-04-01 Imogen 2009
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My heart warms under snow; flowers with forsythia, japonica blooms, flowering quince, bridal wreath, blood root and violet; yellow running jasmine vine, cape jessamine and saucer magnolias: tulip-shaped, scenting lemon musk upon the air.
Archive 2009-04-01 ____Maggie 2009
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Researchers at London's Kew Gardens said Thursday they'd discovered that the Paris japonica has a genetic code 50 times longer than that of a human being.
Paris Japonica: Researchers Claim Simple White Flower Has World's Longest Genome The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Near the sculpture, there's a seemingly nondescript grove of japonica trees that were planted in 1976 by the crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first US-Soviet international space mission.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Walking on the National Mall Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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My heart warms under snow; flowers with forsythia, japonica blooms, flowering quince, bridal wreath, blood root and violet; yellow running jasmine vine, cape jessamine and saucer magnolias: tulip-shaped, scenting lemon musk upon the air.
Mississippi Voices (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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