Definition of Magnolia acuminata

1. Noun. American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber.

Exact synonyms: Cucumber Tree
Generic synonyms: Magnolia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnolia Acuminata

Magna Mater
Magnan
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

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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