JAPONICA
Dictionary entry overview: What does japonica mean? • JAPONICA (noun)
The noun JAPONICA has 2 senses:
1. greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties
2. deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
Familiarity information: JAPONICA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JAPONICA (noun)
Meaning:
Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Camellia japonica; japonica
Hypernyms ("japonica" is a kind of...):
camelia; camellia (any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers)
Meaning:
Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chaenomeles japonica; maule's quince; japonica
Hypernyms ("japonica" is a kind of...):
flowering quince (Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms)
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