# yuletide

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #61,231

## Definitions
1. Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
2. The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.

## Etymology
From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yuletide