How to Use japonica in a Sentence

japonica

noun
  • Also known as Eriobotrya japonica, loquat trees produce orange fruit, and their leaves are commonly used to make tea.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Try a dwarf variety like Citrus japonica 'Nagami'.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
  • An exception to this rule would be Ace of Hearts, a japonica variety flourishing at the nursery entrance in full sun.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, is a scarab beetle about 3/8-inch long.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Camellia japonica will give you the best winter blooms, with flowers first starting to pop open in January, then continuing through early spring.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Nuccio’s favorite camellia is Nuccio’s Pearl, a japonica whose white petals transition to pink at their edges with foliage that is a deep, lustrous green.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Camellia The best time to prune most varieties of camellias (Camellia japonica) is after flowering.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Camellia sasanqua blooms earlier, with its first blossoms showing up in fall, then overlapping with Camellia japonica by early in the new year.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
  • Many japonica camellias, in the manner of other botanical hybrids, are sterile with their yellow, thread-like stamens and stigmas either absent or invisible.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026

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