camellia
ca.mel.lia also ca.me.lia \k*-'me-l-y*\ n [NL Camellia, genus name, fr. Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel -1706 M]oravian Jesuit missionary) : any of several shrubs or trees (genus Camellia) of the tea family; esp : an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy roselike flowers