magnolia
pronunciation
How to pronounce magnolia in British English:
UK [mægˈnəʊliə]
How to pronounce magnolia in American English:
US [mægˈnoʊliə]
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- Noun:
- dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
- any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
Word Origin
- magnolia (n.)
- plant genus, 1748, from Magnolius, Latinized name of Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French physician and botanist, professor of botany at Montpellier, + abstract noun ending -ia. As the name of a color, by 1931.
Example
- 1. Louis joines : " in new york , I visited magnolia bakery perfect comfort food "
- 2. Intra and interspecific competition of endangered plant magnolia zenii .
- 3. Lets talk about how to plant and grow a magnolia tree .
- 4. Mulan sat beneath the blossoming magnolia tree and removed her hail comb .
- 5. Montanelli sat alone under the magnolia tree , looking straight before him into the blackness .