Definition of Magnolia stellata

1. Noun. Deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States.

Exact synonyms: Star Magnolia
Generic synonyms: Magnolia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnolia Stellata

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 (current term)
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Magnoliaceae
Magnoliidae
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnox
Magnoxes
Magnus
Magnus' sign
Magpie
Magpies
Magritte
Magrittean

Literary usage of Magnolia stellata

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

1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... the nursery before permanent setting out, in order to secure the fibrous roots necessary to successful removal. JAPANESE MAGNOLIA. (Magnolia stellata. ..."

2. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"Who that has seen Magnolia stellata in its April dress of profuse white bloom and its summer and autumn dignity of handsome though not large foliage, ..."

3. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"These include Magnolia conspicua and its varieties Magnolia soulangiana, Magnolia obovata, Magnolia parviflora and Magnolia stellata. ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1895)
"... the base of the upper petals, which are spotted with brown. The Committee asked to see it from the open ground. Magnolia stellata, Andromeda speciosa ..."

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