camellia

See also: Camellia

English

Camellia japonica

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈmiːlɪ.ə/, IPA^(key): /kəˈmɛlɪ.ə/

Noun

camellia (plural 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.

Translations

plant

Bulgarian: камелия f (kamelija)
Catalan: camèlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 茶花 (zh) (cháhuā), 山茶 (zh) (shānchá), 山茶花 (zh) (shāncháhuā)
Czech: kamélie f
Esperanto: kamelio
Faroese: kamelia f
Finnish: kamelia (fi)
French: camélia (fr) m
German: Kamelie (de) f
Greek: καμέλια (el) f (kamélia)
Italian: camelia f

Japanese: 椿 (ja) (つばき, tsubaki)
Korean: 동백꽃 (ko) (dongbaekkkot)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kamelia m

Nynorsk: kamelia m
Portuguese: camélia (pt) f
Romanian: camelie (ro) f
Russian: каме́лия (ru) f (kamélija)
Spanish: camelia f
Swedish: kamelia (sv) c
Turkish: Japon gülü (tr), kamelya (tr)
Vietnamese: hoa chè, hoa trà

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