Etymology

sasanqua

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Today it means: A camellia, Camellia sasanqua, native to China and Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 山茶花
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from山茶花
  2. English todaysasanqua

From Japanese 山茶花 (sazanka), pre-WWII spelling: sazankwa さざんくわ.

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