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Definition of Southern magnolia

1. Noun. Evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern Magnolia

Literary usage of Southern magnolia

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

1. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"southern magnolia. A stately pyramidal tree with short, spreading or ascending ... The hardiest form of the southern magnolia and the one likely to be most ..."

2. Pathogens of Soybean Seeds: Bibliographyby Andrew Kalinski by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"... of southern magnolia and Bar Harbor Juniper Grown in Containers in Composted Hardwood Bark-Shale. J. Amer. STEVENS, CD 1980. Influence of Fertilizer and ..."

3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Southeastern US southern magnolia, Large-flowered Magnolia,. Laurel-leaved Tulip-tree, Bull Bay. c. ..."

4. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1879)
"Doubtless, you know the half-hardy southern Magnolia fuscata. If you do, you may conceive something of the degree of sweetness of Magnolia parviflora. ..."

5. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of by Charles Ball, Fisher (1854)
"Here also, I first observed groves of the most beautiful of all the trees of the wood—the great southern magnolia, or Green Bay. No adequate conception can ..."

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