ca·mel·lia
noun/kəˈmiːliə/
/kəˈmiːliə/
- a bush with shiny leaves and white, red or pink flowers that look like roses and are also called camellias
山茶；山茶花 Word Originmodern Latin, named by Linnaeus after Joseph Kamel (Latinized as Camellus), Moravian botanist (1661–1706), who described the flora of Luzon in the Philippines.