Camellia (Camellia) Камелия

The camellia’s meaning originates with the 1848 Alexandre Dumas novel, La dame aux camélias, which tells the tragic love story of Armand Duval—a young bourgeois—and Marguerite Gautier, a courtesan.

The two fall in love, but their relationship is undermined by Armand’s father. Fearing scandal, he convinces Marguerite to leave Armand.

Armand mourns his beloved, but he doesn’t pursue her, believing she has left him for another man. Meanwhile, Marguerite falls ill with consumption. She dies alone, pining for Armand and what could have been.

Meaning: Longing for you