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japonica

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japonica (jəpŏn`əkə): see quince quince, shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga
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; camellia camellia [for G. J. Kamel, a Moravian Jesuit missionary], any plant of the genus Camellia in the tea family, evergreen shrubs or small trees native to Asia but now cultivated extensively in warm climates and in greenhouses for their showy white, red, or
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japonica
1. a Japanese rosaceous shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, cultivated for its red flowers and yellowish fruit
2. another name for the camellia


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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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