GENUS MAGNOLIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Magnolia mean? • GENUS MAGNOLIA (noun)
The noun GENUS MAGNOLIA has 1 sense:
1. shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera
Familiarity information: GENUS MAGNOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS MAGNOLIA (noun)
Meaning:
Shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Magnolia" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Magnolia"):
magnolia (any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms)
Holonyms ("genus Magnolia" is a member of...):
family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)
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