an evergreen East Asian shrub related to the tea plant, grown for its showy flowers and shiny leaves 山茶
Genus Camellia, family Theaceae: several species, in particular the common camellia (C. japonica), which has numerous cultivars and hybrids 山茶属,山茶科:数种,尤指有众多栽培品种和杂交种的山茶(拉丁名C. japonica)
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modern Latin, named by Linnaeus after Joseph Kamel (Latinized as Camellus), Moravian botanist (1661–1706), who described the flora of Luzon