st(y)üˈärsh(ē)ə, -rd.ēə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from John Stuart died 1792 3d Earl of Bute + New Latin -ia
: a genus of American and Japanese shrubs or trees (family Theaceae) having large solitary flowers with a 5-celled ovary which becomes a woody capsule — see silky camellia