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.

Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Magnoliaceae, Magnolia Family, Magnoliaceae
Member holonyms: Magnolia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Magnolia

genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys
genus Macrodactylus
genus Macronectes
genus Macropus
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Macrotis
genus Macrotus
genus Macrotyloma
genus Macrozamia
genus Macrozoarces
genus Madia
genus Madoqua
genus Maeandra
genus Magicicada
genus Magnolia
genus Mahonia
genus Maia
genus Maianthemum
genus Maja
genus Majorana
genus Makaira
genus Malaclemys
genus Malacosoma
genus Malacothamnus
genus Malaxis
genus Malcolmia
genus Mallotus
genus Malope
genus Malopterurus

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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