Definition of Genus camellia

1. Noun. Tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees.

Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Theaceae, Tea Family, Theaceae
Member holonyms: Camelia, Camellia, Camellia Sinensis, Tea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Camellia

genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia
genus Cambarus
genus Camelina
genus Camellia
genus Camelus
genus Campanula
genus Campephilus
genus Camponotus
genus Camptosorus
genus Campyloneurum
genus Campylorhynchus
genus Canachites
genus Cananga
genus Canangium
genus Canavalia
genus Cancer
genus Candida
genus Canella

Literary usage of Genus camellia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"This question was settled, when another was raised, as to whether Thea really forms a genus by itself distinct from the genus Camellia. ..."

2. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1884)
"This question was settled, when another was raised, as to whether Thea really forms a genus by itself distinct from the genus Camellia. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Illustrated monographs of the horticultural varieties are: Curtis, Monogr. of the genus Camellia (1819); Baumann, ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Illustrated monographs of the horticultural varieties are: Curtis, Monogr. of the genus Camellia sammlung ..."

5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1840)
"... and Iconography of the genus camellia, by the Abbe Berlese, Paris. This eminent and worthy horticulturist has devoted more than twenty years of his life ..."

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