Magnolia soulangiana
- noun
- Specialized
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magnolia soulangiana
- The Magnolia soulangiana in our garden bloomed spectacularly this spring.
Examples
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The Magnolia soulangiana blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many city parks have planted Magnolia soulangiana for its showy spring flowers.
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Gardeners prize Magnolia soulangiana for its stunning rosy and purple blossoms.
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Look at the Magnolia soulangiana!
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Gardeners prize Magnolia soulangiana for its stunning rosy and purple blossoms.
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Many city parks have planted Magnolia soulangiana for its showy spring flowers.
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The Magnolia soulangiana in our garden bloomed spectacularly this spring.
Synonyms
A small tree with large pink or purple flowers grown in gardens
A small tree like a garden shrub with large pink to purple open flowers in spring
How Big
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Morphology
magnolia + soulangiana
This is a botanical binomial (genus + species): knowing 'magnolia' lets a learner infer this is a kind/kind of magnolia, but 'soulangiana' is a Latinized species epithet (not a meaningful English word) so it does not contribute descriptive content. Learners can recognize it as a specific type of magnolia but cannot derive the particular properties (size, color, origin) from the constituents, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Magnolia soulangiana was 'named after' two French plant scientists: Magnolia honors Pierre Magnol and soulangiana honors Etienne Soulange-Bodin, who first grew this purple and rosy-flowered garden tree. That's why the name helps you remember a showy magnolia with large, colorful blooms.