japonica Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
    Camellia japonica.
  2. noun deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
    Chaenomeles japonica; maule's quince.

WordNet

Ja*pon"i*ca noun
Etymology
NL., Japanese, fr. Japonia Japan.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name.

Webster 1913