Definition of Magnolia grandiflora

1. Noun. Evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnolia Grandiflora

Magnan's sign
Magnan's trombone movement
Magnehelic
Magnehelic gauge
Magnesia
Magnesian
Magnesians
Magnetic North
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnificat
Magnitogorsk
Magnolia
Magnolia State
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia fraseri
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia soulangiana
Magnolia stellata
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Magnoliaceae
Magnoliidae
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnox
Magnoxes
Magnus
Magnus' sign
Magpie

Literary usage of Magnolia grandiflora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Louis XV. possessed several small plants of the magnolia grandiflora in his garden of the Petit Trianon, but they did not thrive; and, having heard of a ..."

2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1818)
"MAGNOLIA grandiflora. Bot. Repos. 518. MAGNOLIA altissima, flore ingenti candido. ... The MAGNOLIA grandiflora in South-Carolina and Florida, ..."

3. Useful and Ornamental Planting by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1832)
"According to Michaux, the magnolia grandiflora claims a place among the largest trees of the United States, as it sometimes reaches ninety feet in height ..."

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