Magnolia
- noun
- /mæɡˈnoʊliə/
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- I smell the giant Magnolia blossoms opening.
- magnolia warbler
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- 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
A nickname for the US state of Mississippi that refers to its magnolia trees
An evergreen tree with large shiny leaves and big white flowers that smell sweet
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A large tree with very big leaves and creamy flowers with purple at the base
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A large evergreen tree with shiny leaves and big fragrant white flowers
A small tree or shrub with white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers that bloom before the leaves
A small tree like a garden shrub with large pink to purple open flowers in spring
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A group of flowering trees and shrubs including magnolias and tulip trees
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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 small tree or shrub from the southeast United States with sweet smelling white flowers
A small tree with large leaves at the ends of its branches and creamy white flowers
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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 with large pink to purple flowers in spring that people grow in gardens
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An evergreen tree with large glossy leaves and big white fragrant flowers
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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 large American tree with broad leaves and fruit that looks like a cucumber
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.