Definition of "japonica"

Any of several plants originally native to Japan.

1. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica.  quotations  examples

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   • To-day we have naming of parts. JaponicaGlistens like coral in all of the neighboring gardens,And to-day we have naming of parts.

     1942 August 8, Henry Reed, “Naming of Parts”, in The New Statesman and Nation: The Week-end Review, volume 24, number 598, page 92

2. A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.  quotations  examples

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   • The isograms were typical of differences between two subspecies but also of those between different lines of japonicas or indicas.

     1986, Rice Genetics: Proceedings of the International Rice Genetics Symposium, 27-31 May 1985, International Rice Research Institute