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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