A genus of evergreen shrubs belonging to the tea family ( Ternströmiaceæ), remarkable for the beauty of their flowers, and chiefly natives of China and Japan. Also attributive, as in camellia-house, camellia-tree;   camellia-red n. a bright red, the colour of red camellias.——牛津当代大辞典

a plant with dark green leaves and red, pink, or white flowers, or the flowers of this plant.——朗文当代大辞典  @en