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japonicas

japonicas is the plural of japonica.

Meaning of japonica

Noun

japonica (plural japonicas)

  1. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
    • To-day we have naming of parts. Japonica
      Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,
      And to-day we have naming of parts.1942 August 8, Henry Reed, “Naming of Parts”, in The New Statesman and Nation: The Week-end Review, volume 24, number 598, page 92
  2. A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
    • The isograms were typical of differences between two subspecies but also of those between different lines of japonicas or indicas.1986, Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Genetics Symposium, 27-31 May 1985, International Rice Research Institute

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Questions about japonicas

What is japonicas the plural of?
Japonicas is the plural of japonica.

Words near japonicas in the dictionary

  1. Japonians
  2. Japonic
  3. japonica
  4. japonicadom
  5. Japonically
  6. japonicas
  7. Japonicize
  8. Japonicized
  9. Japonicizes
  10. Japonicizing
  11. Japonification

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