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See also: Japonica
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin japonica, the species name.
Noun
[edit]japonica (plural japonicas)
- Any of several plants originally native to Japan.
- A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
- 1942 August 8, Henry Reed, “Naming of Parts”, in The New Statesman and Nation: The Week-end Review, volume 24, number 598, page 92:
- To-day we have naming of parts. Japonica
Glistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,
And to-day we have naming of parts.
- A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
- 1986, Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Genetics Symposium, 27-31 May 1985, International Rice Research Institute:
- The isograms were typical of differences between two subspecies but also of those between different lines of japonicas or indicas.
- A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.
Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /jaˈpo.ni.ka/, [jäˈpɔːnikä]
Adjective
[edit]japonica
- inflection of japonicus:
Adjective
[edit]japonicā
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