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Definition of Chinese magnolia
1. Noun. Large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinese Magnolia
Literary usage of Chinese magnolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"Chinese magnolia (MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA). Sweet Bay, Magnolia glauca.—A small American
tree, very fine when cultivated, growing in swamps and low grounds ..."
2. Rural Essays by Andrew Jackson Downing (1869)
"The purple Chinese magnolia (M. purpurea) is a much dwarfer tree than the two
... This is the oldest Chinese magnolia known here, having been brought from ..."
3. Trees, Shrubs and Vines of the Northeastern United States by Howard Elmore Parkhurst (1903)
"grounds is the Chinese magnolia, called yulan, standing a hundred feet from the
Webster statue, near the Seventy-second Street entrance, West. ..."
4. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1869)
"... or American Cucumber tree, the Chinese magnolia grows to a small tree, (fig.
49}; when worked on the dwarf species (M. purpurea,) it is reduced to a ..."
5. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1881)
"... having parted regretfully from our beautiful Chinese magnolia blossoms more
than a mouth before. The silvery green and red of the leaves of M. hypoleuca ..."
6. Treasures of Use and Beauty: An Epitome of the Choicest Gems of Wisdom by G. W. Mack (1883)
"The different varieties of Chinese magnolia have, with one or two exceptions,
been acclimated with us, and are to be found in most of our ornamental ..."
7. Gardening (1905)
"... they would answer the Chinese magnolia, and the answer would be correct As
handsome, showy flowering trees, they are gems of the first water. ..."
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