japonica
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: Japanese quince. flowering quince. a Japanese rosaceous shrub, Chaenomeles japonica, cultivated for its red flowers and yellowish fruit
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another name for the camellia
Etymology
Origin of japonica
1810–20; < New Latin, equivalent to Japon ( ia ) Japan + -ica, feminine of -icus -ic
Example Sentences
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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 ● Jun. 5, 2024
In 2014, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed A. japonica as an endangered species.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 9, 2024
Among black rices there are also different shades, from japonica black rice, Chinese black rice, Thai black rice through to Indonesian black rice.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023
The Japanese are credited with developing ornamental varieties, such as Camellia japonica and the fall-blooming Camellia sasanqua.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
It was only in the breasts of the gentle gardeners of Oldfield that the bursting forth of the japonica buds, these vivid points of flame, always fired a perennial ambition.
From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston
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