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Noun: Camellia sinensis
  1. A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
    "Camellia sinensis has fragrant white flowers"
    - tea

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Camellia

Encyclopedia: Camellia sinensis