| 单词 | magnolia tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagnolia tree a. A plant of the genus Magnolia (family Magnoliaceae), which consists of large (rarely shrubby) trees, native chiefly to eastern North America and eastern Asia and bearing usually large, cup-shaped, white, pink, or purple fragrant flowers (also magnolia tree); the wood of such a tree; (in form Magnolia) the genus itself.Many kinds are grown for ornament, esp. the Asian species and their hybrids, which flower in spring before the leaves unfold. The North American species include the sweet bay, Magnolia glauca, the cucumber tree, M. acuminata, and the umbrella tree, M. tripetala.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 535. 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 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 166 The Magnolia..tho' scarce in Virginia, has been since found to grow in great plenty in the North-West Parts of Pensylvania. 1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 67 A great hill, cloathed with large Magnolia, 2 feet diameter and 100 feet high. 1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 210 The wood of the Umbrella Tree..is more spongy than any of the other species of Magnolia. 1799 W. Wordsworth Ruth xi He told of the magnolia spread High as a cloud, high over head! a1821 P. B. Shelley Fragm. Unfinished Drama 146 Holding a cup like a magnolia flower. 1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 90 Here and there the beautiful magnolia displayed the exquisite whiteness of its large blossoms. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 16 M[agnolia] grandiflora, L., the Great Laurel Magnolia, of the Southern States (a noble tree, remarkable for its deliciously fragrant flowers and thick evergreen leaves). 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VI. 65 There are [in Florida] splendid flowering magnolias,..palmette, mangrove, torchwood. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 18 There are cherries, plums, chimonanthus, magnolia. 1934 G. E. Shankle State Names ii. 127 The Magnolia State is given as a nickname to Mississippi because of the great number of magnolia trees growing within the State. 1949 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 13 Feb. 11/1 Over this, the inner walls, which are to be made of cherry, walnut or black magnolia paneling, will be placed. 1983 W. Byron tr. A. Le Vot F. Scott Fitzgerald xx. 337 There was a broad lawn, with giant magnolia trees and a rose garden. 1990 Gardening from Which? July 237/1 Magnolias are particularly popular as specimen plants. < as lemmas |
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