has particulars: bull bay, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, magnolia grandiflora, southern magnolia, elk-wood, elkwood, magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia, umbrella tree, earleaved umbrella tree, magnolia fraseri, cucumber tree, magnolia acuminata, great-leaved macrophylla, large-leaved cucumber tree, large-leaved magnolia, magnolia macrophylla, chinese magnolia, magnolia soulangiana, saucer magnolia, magnolia stellata, star magnolia, magnolia virginiana, swamp bay, swamp laurel, sweet bay

is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

magnolia, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.].

A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. [1913 Webster]

" Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay (Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, Magnolia Fraseri, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata. Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. Magnolia Campbellii, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers." [1913 Webster]

Magnolia warbler (Zoöl.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

magnolia, n.
1 any tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia, cultivated for its dark-green foliage and large waxlike flowers in spring.
2 a pale creamy-pink colour.

Etymology

mod.L f. P. Magnol, Fr. botanist d. 1715

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