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japonica

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ja·pon·i·ca  (j-pn-k)
n.
An ornamental shrub (Chaenomeles japonica) that is native to Japan and cultivated for its red flowers.

[New Latin, species name, from Japonia, Japan.]

japonica [dʒəˈpɒnɪkə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called Japanese quince flowering quince a Japanese rosaceous shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, cultivated for its red flowers and yellowish fruit
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for the camellia
[from New Latin, feminine of japonicus Japanese, from Japonia Japan]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.japonicajaponica - greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
camelia, camellia - any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
2.japonicajaponica - deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
flowering quince - Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
Translations
japonica [dʒəˈpɒnɪkə] Nrosal m de China, rosal m japonés
japonica
japonica [dʒəˈpɒnɪkə] ncotogno del Giappone
japonica [dʒəˈpɒnɪkə] ncotogno del Giappone


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She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half-a-crown), in my button-hole.
It was rather a singular one,--a brilliant scarlet geranium, and one single white japonica, with its glossy leaves.
 
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