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Word entry · 8 letters

camellia

Best crossword clue

"Evergreen blossom"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /kəˈmiːli.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aaceillmStarts with CEnds with A2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

Word origin

Borrowed from translingual Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.

Used in a sentence

  • Palms towered majestically over the heads of the lower shrubs, and camellias, stephanotis, and many other semi-tropical flowers were growing luxuriantly in the open air.
  • Plucking an occasional camellia, getting a squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson’s cow on a summer day, helping ourselves to someone’s scuppernongs was part of our ethical culture, but money was different.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Evergreen blossom8 letters
02Glossy-leaved shrub8 letters

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