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japonica

  • noun

Any of several plants originally native to Japan.

Other meanings

  1. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.

  2. A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.

Related words

  • japonicadom

Word history

From New Latin "japō̆nica".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “japonica” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.