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 • 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

She’s currently trying to estimate the population of A. japonica using genetic techniques so that catch limits may be informed by current, concrete data.

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

Prunus japonica, P. nana, and P. triloba should be cut down to strong young breaks after flowering, the resulting wood bearing better flowers than the old wood.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas