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Definition of Magnolia acuminata
1. Noun. American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnolia Acuminata
Literary usage of Magnolia acuminata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Magnolia acuminata L. Cucumber-tree. Mountain Magnolia. Fig. 1849. ... Magnolia
acuminata L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 756. 1763. A tree 60°-90° high, the trunk up to ..."
2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... thirty feet or more in height, and of a sharp, conical form, much resembling
the Magnolia acuminata in figure. It was first introduced into England in, ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"In this garden Magnolia acuminata is from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high ; and several
species or varieties of American ash trees, such as F, amer. expansa, ..."
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