japonica

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
noun deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

From New Latin japō̆nica, the species name.

She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half-a-crown), in my button-hole. — David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
The petals are falling from the pyrus japonica, and all the trees are bending! — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
It was rather a singular one,—a brilliant scarlet geranium, and one single white japonica, with its glossy leaves. — Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Camellia japonica

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