Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun japonica
2 senses of japonica
Sense 1
japonica, Camellia japonica -- (greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties)
=> camellia, camelia -- (any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers)
Sense 2
japonica, maule's quince, Chaenomeles japonica -- (deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms)
=> flowering quince -- (Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms)