Meaning and background
The story behind Camellia
Camellia comes from the flowering shrub, whose botanical name honours Georg Josef Kamel. The plant association therefore leads back to a person's name rather than to a literal definition such as beauty. The name reference records more than one English pronunciation, including different stressed vowels. For a dog, deciding which reading you want is especially useful because Camellia can be confused in writing with the distinct personal name Camilla. The double l and the extra e preserve the flower-name spelling.
- Origin
- English flower name from the shrub named after botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel. Source
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