mag·no·lia (m g-n l y )n. 1. Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Magnolia of the Western Hemisphere and Asia, having aromatic twigs and large showy white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers. 2. The flower of any of these plants. [New Latin Magnolia, genus name, after Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French botanist.] |
magnolia [mægˈnəʊlɪə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any tree or shrub of the magnoliaceous genus Magnolia of Asia and North America: cultivated for their white, pink, purple, or yellow showy flowers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the flower of any of these plants
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a very pale pinkish-white or purplish-white colour
[New Latin, named after Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French botanist]
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| Noun | 1. |  magnolia - dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicinemagnolia - any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
| 2. | magnolia - any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms genus Magnolia - shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera magnolia - dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine bull bay, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, southern magnolia - evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers elk-wood, elkwood, Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia, umbrella tree - small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches earleaved umbrella tree, Magnolia fraseri - small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips cucumber tree, Magnolia acuminata - American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber great-leaved macrophylla, large-leaved cucumber tree, large-leaved magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla - large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base Chinese magnolia, Magnolia soulangiana, saucer magnolia - large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America Magnolia stellata, star magnolia - deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States Magnolia virginiana, swamp bay, sweet bay, swamp laurel - shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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