名詞 camellia:

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

ca.mel.lia

n.（名詞）
Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genusCamellia native to eastern Asia, especially C. japonica, having shiny leaves and showy roselike flowers that are usually red, white, or pink.
山茶：一種山茶 屬的生長于亞洲東部的常綠灌木或小樹，尤其是 山茶樹， 長有閃光的葉子以及艷麗的常呈紅色、白色或品紅色的玫瑰般花朵

來源：
New Latin Camellia [genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Camellia [屬名]
after Georg Josef Kamel (''-70'), Moravian Jesuit missionary
源自喬治·約瑟夫 卡莫爾 （''-70'年），摩拉維亞耶穌教會傳教士