magnolia

Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Magnolia of the Western Hemisphere and Asia, having large, showy, often fragrant white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers, and widely cultivated as ornamentals.

The flower of any of these plants.

A genus of plants, type of the natural order Magnoliaceœ and the tribe Magnolieœ, characterized by a sessile cone-shaped cluster of pistils, and two-ovuled persistent carpels which open down the back at maturity.

[l. c] A plant of this genus.

A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.

a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.

A tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves.

The flower of a magnolia tree.

A native or resident of the American state of Mississippi.

A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.