椿つばき

noun

common camellia; Camellia japonica

Only with reading つばき / ツバキ

Refers to the Japanese/common camellia, a flowering evergreen often associated with winter or early spring. 椿 is the normal written form; ツバキ is also seen for the plant name.

• 庭にわの椿つばきが赤あかい花はなを咲さかせた。

  The camellia in the garden bloomed with red flowers.

• ツバキの油あぶらは髪かみの手て入いれに使つかわれる。

  Camellia oil is used for hair care.

noun

tea produced in the mountains

Only when written 山茶 · Only with reading さんちゃ

Archaic noun read さんちゃ and written 山茶. This is a separate old use meaning tea produced in mountainous areas, not the ordinary plant name 椿.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「山さん茶ちゃ」が山やまで作つくられた茶ちゃを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 山茶 (sancha) can refer to tea produced in the mountains.