English > magnolia: 2 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | Any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms. |
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| Member of | genus Magnolia | shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves |
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| Parts | magnolia | dried bark of various magnolias |
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| Narrower | cucumber tree, Magnolia acuminata | American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber |
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| earleaved umbrella tree, Magnolia fraseri | small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips |
| large-leaved magnolia, large-leaved cucumber tree, great-leaved macrophylla, Magnolia macrophylla | 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 |
| saucer magnolia, Chinese magnolia, Magnolia soulangiana | large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers |
| southern magnolia, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
| star magnolia, Magnolia stellata | deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold |
| sweet bay, swamp bay, swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana | shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers |
| umbrella tree, umbrella magnolia, elkwood, elk-wood, Magnolia tripetala | small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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| Spanish | magnolia |
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| Catalan | magnolia, magnòlia |
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