Magnolia
- noun
- /mæɡˈnoʊliə/
- Specialized
- I smell the giant Magnolia blossoms opening.
- magnolia warbler
But that happened when I was like in the rain under this big Magnolia tree.
- But that happened when I was like in the rain under this big Magnolia tree.
- Friends like gentle as the sweet Magnolia, strong as steel, her faith and pride.
- I think it's just real nice and the magnolias add a lot to it and I think it's really, really sweet.
Examples
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The mockingbirds and jays were in competition for the most comfortable branches on the magnolia trees.
Fiction book (1993) -
The magnolia was in blossom outside the open window.
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At the end of the river, we saw large white magnolia trees and moss hanging down from the trees.
Fiction book (1993) -
Here, magnolia blossoms grew fat with a perfume high and sweet.
Fiction book (2001) -
The team's analysis included species that live more than a century, such as magnolia, rhododendron, dogwood, mountain laurel, and cherry.
Academic text (2004) -
Rarest of those at Rock Bluff is the pyramidal magnolia, considered endangered in Florida.
Academic text (1993) -
I smiled in my mansion under the oaks, my dogs racing around the yard beneath the giant magnolia.
Fiction book (1996) -
The river swamp is dominated by bald cypress, with sweet bay magnolia and green ash as the prominent broad-leaved trees.
Academic text (1998) -
In the spring, forsythia, magnolia, lilac, and dogwood bloomed.
Fiction book (2002) -
The magnolia tree in our garden produces beautiful, fragrant flowers every spring.
Compounds
- Specialized
An evergreen tree with large glossy leaves and big white fragrant flowers
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A large tree with very big leaves and creamy flowers with purple at the base
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A small tree with large pink to purple flowers in spring that people grow in gardens
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A small tree or bush from Japan with fragrant white star-shaped flowers that bloom before the leaves
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A small tree from eastern North America with large umbrella-shaped leaves and creamy white flowers
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A small tree or shrub from the southeast United States with sweet smelling white flowers
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A large American tree with broad leaves and fruit that looks like a cucumber
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A small tree that loses its leaves in winter and has very large leaves in groups at branch ends
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A group of flowering trees and shrubs including magnolias and tulip trees
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A large evergreen tree with shiny leaves and big fragrant white flowers
A small tree like a garden shrub with large pink to purple open flowers in spring
An evergreen tree with large shiny leaves and big white flowers that smell sweet
A small tree or shrub with white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers that bloom before the leaves
A small tree with large leaves at the ends of its branches and creamy white flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Magnolia is named after the French plant scientist Pierre Magnol, who studied trees and flowers. So a magnolia is the group of trees and shrubs given his name, which helps you remember it refers to those large, fragrant flowering plants.