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camelliaAny oriental evergreen shrub with roselike flowers belonging to the tea family. Many species, including Camellia japonica and C. reticulata, have been introduced into Europe, the USA, and Australia; they are widely cultivated as ornamental shrubs. (Genus Camellia, family Theaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| After this feature, I noticed next his beautiful brown wig; his sparkling little gray eyes; his rosy complexion; his short military whisker, dyed to match his wig; his white teeth and his winning smile; his smart blue frock-coat, with a camellia in the button-hole; and his splendid ring, a ruby, flashing on his little finger as he courteously signed to me to take a chair. Countess Sotski and Sophia Bespalova, as everyone knew, were coming with white camellia bouquets. She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half-a-crown), in my button-hole. |
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