camellia
pronunciation
How to pronounce camellia in British English:
UK [kəˈmi:liə]
How to pronounce camellia in American English:
US [kəˈmiljə]
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- Noun:
- any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
Word Origin
- camellia
- camellia: [18] The camellia, a shrub of oriental origin, was named in the mid-18th century by the Swedish taxonomist Linnaeus after the Moravian Jesuit missionary and botanist Joseph Kamel (in modern Latin, Camellus) (1661– 1706), who described the flora on the Philippine island of Luzon. The spelling of its name, with a double l, encourages a short ‘e’ pronunciation, but in practice most people say ‘cameelia’.
- camellia (n.)
- 1753, named by Linnæus from Latinized form of Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706), Moravian-born Jesuit who described the flora of the island of Luzon, + abstract noun ending -ia.
Example
- 1. It can also affect garden shrubs , such as rhododendron and camellia .
- 2. Green , oolong , and black teas all come from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant . What sets green tea apart is the way it is processed .
- 3. I 'm not " saving " anything ; we use our good china and crystal for every special event-such as losing a pound , getting the sink unstopped , the first camellia blossom .
- 4. Black and green tea comes from the same plant , camellia sinensis .
- 5. The outer shell of this planetary nebula looks surprisingly similar to the delicate petals of a camellia blossom . ( A planetary nebula is a shell of material ejected from a dying star . )