Any tree of the N American and Asiatic genus Magnolia, with beautiful foliage, and large solitary flowers, giving name to the family Magnoliāˈceae, with a petaloid perianth and spirally arranged stamens and carpels
A light pinkish-white or purplish-white colour
adjective
Of this colour
ORIGIN: Pierre Magnol (1638–1715), French botanist