| 单词 | laurel magnolia |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslaurel magnolia laurel magnolia n. U.S. either of two species of Magnolia, the evergreen M. grandiflora or the sweet bay, M. virginiana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias sweet bay1716 umbrella-tree1739 swamp laurel1743 magnolia1748 tulip-tree1751 beaver-tree1756 tulip-laurel1766 champakc1770 cucumber-tree1784 mountain magnolia1785 swamp sassafras1796 laurel magnolia1806 beaver-wood1810 big laurel1810 yulan1822 chatta1834 cucumber1835 port wine magnolia1943 magnolioid1988 1806 P. Wakefield Excurs. N. Amer. xiv. 93 The laurel magnolia reaches to the height of an hundred feet. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 145 The laurel magnolia is the beauty of the forest. 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 52 From the Walnut Hills to Baton Rouge..you begin to discover the ever verdant laurel magnolia, with its beautiful foliage, of the thickness and feeling of leather. 1850 S. F. Cooper Rural Hours 476 The small Laurel Magnolia, or Sweet Bay, is found as far north as New York, in swampy grounds. 1893 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 3) 520/1 M[agnolia] grandiflora, the great Laurel Magnolia of the southern United States, is—in England—best treated as a wall-plant. 1903 Flora & Sylva 1 19/1 The Laurel Magnolia or Sweet Bay..is certainly a very handsome shrub. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 392/1 The most beautiful species of North America is M. grandiflora, the ‘laurel magnolia’..introduced into England in 1734. < as lemmas |
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