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magnolia

DEFINITIONS OF: magnolia

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n any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms

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Magnolia grandiflora, bull bay, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, southern magnolia
evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
Magnolia tripetala, elk-wood, elkwood, 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
Magnolia fraseri, earleaved umbrella tree
small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips
Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree
American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber
Magnolia macrophylla, great-leaved macrophylla, large-leaved cucumber tree, large-leaved magnolia
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, swamp laurel, sweet bay
shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

n dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine

Type of:
bark
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
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