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/dʒəpˈɑnəkə/ /dʒəpˈɑnɪkə/ Listen

Japonica

noun

Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties. Synonym: Camellia japonica.

Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms. Synonyms: Chaenomeles japonica, maule's quince.

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"Japonica" Quotes from Famous Books

... the fresh air, and the intense blue glory of the sky made the house seem prison-like. As soon as they were gone, she took down her straw hat and passed out, swinging it by the strings. She stopped on the lawn to gather some flame-colored buds from a Pyrus Japonica, and, fastening them in the ribbons as she went, she walked toward her old familiar ...

— A Romance of the Republic • Lydia Maria Francis Child

Words linked to "Japonica" : Camellia japonica, flowering quince, camellia, camelia