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Definition of Camelia
1. Noun. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Camellia
Specialized synonyms: Camellia Japonica, Japonica
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Camelia
1. camellia [n -S] - See also: camellia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelia
Literary usage of Camelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents Relating to Reconstruction by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1905)
""I HE KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE camelia AFTER the destruction by Congress of the
President's work of ... camelia is spelled as the members spelled the word. ..."
2. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"The Knights of the White camelia Constitution and Ritual adopted 1869. Extracts.
[1869] PREAMBLE WHEREAS, Radical legislation is subversive of the ..."
3. Beiträge zur Anatomie und Jahres-ringbildung tropischer Holzarten by Alfred Ursprung, International Council of Women (1900)
"Miss Beatrice Harraden, who was greeted with applause, briefly proposed a vote
of thanks to the foreign delegates, which was responded to by Mme. camelia ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"Oil of various species of Thea or camelia. — Used in China as olive oil. Inodorous,
and of straw-yellow colour. Does not solidify at 5-5°. but resembles an ..."
5. The International Congress of Women of 1899 by International Council of Women (1900)
"Miss Beatrice Harraden, who was greeted with applause, briefly proposed a vote
of thanks to the foreign delegates, which was responded to by Mme. camelia ..."
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