CAMELLIA SINENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Camellia sinensis mean? 

• CAMELLIA SINENSIS (noun)
  The noun CAMELLIA SINENSIS has 1 sense:

1. a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

  Familiarity information: CAMELLIA SINENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMELLIA SINENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Camellia sinensis; tea

Context example:

tea has fragrant white flowers

Hypernyms ("Camellia sinensis" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "Camellia sinensis"):

tea; tea leaf (dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea)

Holonyms ("Camellia sinensis" is a member of...):

genus Camellia (tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees)

 Context examples 

A lozenge preparation of green tea, derived from the dried leaves of Camellia sinensis, with potential antioxidant and chemopreventive activities.

(Green Tea Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

An aqueous extract derived from parts of various plants, but excluding that made from the leaves of the real tea bush Camellia sinensis.

(Herbal Tea, NCI Thesaurus)

Kunecatechins is a partially purified fraction of the aqueous extract of green tea leaves from Camellia sinensis and contains catechins and other green tea components.

(Kunecatechins Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

A defined, decaffeinated green tea polyphenol mixture isolated from Camellia sinensis, a plant native to Asia, with antiviral and antioxidant activities and potential chemopreventive activity.

(Green tea extract, NCI Thesaurus)

A mixture that is prepared from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.

(Green tea extract, NCI Dictionary)

A proprietary formulation composed of a defined, decaffeinated green tea extract, containing polyphenolic flavonol catechins, isolated from the plant Camellia sinensis with antiviral, antioxidant, and potential chemopreventive activities.

(Defined Green Tea Catechin Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Tea derived from the dried leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis with potential antioxidant, chemopreventive, and lipid-lowering activities.

(Green Tea, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the seeds of Camellia sinensis.

(Camellia Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Camellia sinensis is native to mainland South and Southeast Asia, but is today cultivated across the world, in tropical and subtropical regions.

(Camellia sinensis, NCI Thesaurus)