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camellia

ca·mel·lia

UK/kəˈmiːli.ə/ US/kəˈmɛli.ə/ rare

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any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

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Borrowed from translingual Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661-1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.

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