Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or
   Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the
   East.] (Hort.)
   An ornamental greenhouse shrub ({Thea japonica}) with glossy
   evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.

Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit
   who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.)
   An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves
   and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for
   ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in
   China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea
   plant is now referred to this genus under the name of
   {Camellia Thea}.

Source : WordNet®

camellia
     n : any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having
         solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camelia}]