Home›Browse›C›camellia sinensiscamellia sinensisOur editors are putting together more complete content — check back in about 20 minutescamellia sinensiscamellia sinensis — nounnoun1. the tea plant, native to East Asia, whose leaves are used to make tea1.nounDefinitionthe tea plant, native to East Asia, whose leaves are used to make teaExampleCamellia sinensis is the plant that gives us green and black tea.