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Definition: Camellia oleifera
Camellia
\Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or
Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the
East.]
1. (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with
shining leaves and showy flowers.
Camellia Japonica is
much cultivated for ornament, and
Camellia Sassanqua and
Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which
is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred
to this genus under the name of
Camellia Thea.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (
Thea japonica)
with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white
double flowers.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]