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Added 9 October 2026

japonica

noun

Latin root: japō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about japonica at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of several plants originally native to Japan. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica. A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.

Origin

From New Latin japō̆nica, the species name.

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