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Definition of Genus magnolia
1. Noun. Shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera.
Group relationships: Family Magnoliaceae, Magnolia Family, Magnoliaceae
Member holonyms: Magnolia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Magnolia
Literary usage of Genus magnolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"HE genus Magnolia embraces the most admirable productions of the vegetable world.
All the species are highly ornamental, and may generally be cultivated in ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn. B. Foliage evergreen or nearly so. ... Genus MAGNOLIA, Linn.
The magnolias include twenty species; twelve are found in eastern and ..."
3. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"There are four species of the genus Magnolia native to Kentucky : a. The Cucumber
Tree—Magnolia acuminata. b. The Umbrella Tree—Magnolia tripetala. c. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Magnolia is, however, represented in the Wilcox by two large- leafed
species, both of which are common to the basal Eocene of the Rocky Mountain ..."
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