yuletide

See also: Yuletide

English
Camellia sasanqua

Etymology

Yule (“Christmas”) +‎ -tide (“period around a festival”); compare Swedish juletid.

Noun

yuletide (countable and uncountable, plural yuletides)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.

Synonyms

Translations
the Christmas season — see Christmas season
Camellia sasanqua — see sasanqua
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