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camelia

camelia is the obsolete form of camellia.

Meaning of camellia

Noun

camellia (plural camellias)

  1. Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
    • Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 22

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Forms of camelia

pluralcamelias

Questions about camelia

What is camelia the obsolete form of?
Camelia is the obsolete form of camellia.

Words near camelia in the dictionary

  1. Camelford
  2. camelfucker
  3. camelfuckers
  4. camelhair
  5. camelhairs
  6. camelia
  7. Cameliard
  8. camelias
  9. camelid
  10. camelids
  11. camelier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: camelia (page history and authors); camellia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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