camellia

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camellia^¹

/kəˈmiːli.ə/
/kəˈmɛli.ə/

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Borrowed from translingual Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.

noun camellias

Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant. Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.

Camellia^²

proper noun

A suburb of Sydney in the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.

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noun plant

Español	camelia
한국어	동백나무 dongbaengnamu
日本語	椿 tsubaki
中文	茶花 cháhuā, 山茶 shānchá, 山茶花 shāncháhuā
Português	camélia
Français	camélia
Deutsch	Kamelie
Italiano	camelia
Ελληνικά	καμέλια kamélia
Română	camelie
Русский	каме́лия kamélija
Tiếng Việt	hoa chè, hoa trà
العربية	كَامِيلِيَا kāmīliyā, كَامِيلِيَة kāmīliya

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@misc{camellia_2026,
  title = {camellia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camellia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}