japonica

American  

[juh-pon-i-kuh] / dʒəˈpɒn ɪ kə /

noun

1. the camellia, Camellia japonica, having waxy flowers in a variety of colors.

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japonica British  

/ dʒəˈpɒnɪkə /

noun

1. Also called: Japanese quince.   flowering quince.  a Japanese rosaceous shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, cultivated for its red flowers and yellowish fruit

2. another name for the camellia

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Etymology

Origin of japonica

1810–20; < New Latin, equivalent to Japon ( ia ) Japan + -ica, feminine of -icus -ic

Example Sentences

T. oblanceolata displaces the previous genome record holder, a modestly sized flowering plant called Paris japonica that has 149 billion base pairs.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s 11 billion more than the previous record holder, a Japanese flowering plant, Paris japonica, and more than 50 times the size of the human genome.

From Science Magazine

That’s 11 billion more than the previous genome record holder, a Japanese flowering plant called Paris japonica.

From Science Magazine

As the microscopic granules swell with hot water and burst while cooking, japonica releases more sticky starch.

From Seattle Times

It was the first record of live Anguilla japonica there.

From National Geographic