japonica
noun
Simple meaning
Any of several plants originally native to Japan.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dʒəˈpɑnəkə
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Definition
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noun
Any of several plants originally native to Japan.
A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
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Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers.
Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms.
Fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern.
Tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood.
Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone.
Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats.
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Sense: any of several plants originally native to Japan
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