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JAPONICA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

Synonyms:

Chaenomeles japonica; japonica; maule's quince

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("japonica" is a kind of...):

flowering quince (Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties

Synonyms:

Camellia japonica; japonica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("japonica" is a kind of...):

camelia; camellia (any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers)

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