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
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Researchers at Hokkaido University set out to take a closer look at these overlooked fats by studying japonica rice, the short- to medium-grain type commonly associated with Japanese rice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
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 ● Jun. 17, 2024
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
For the japonica, to my taste the washed rice had just a microdose less starch, taking it from already excellent to perfect.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
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 Nancy Huston Banks
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