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adj
Of a creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.
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A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.
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Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A town in Delaware, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A village in Illinois, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A city in Iowa, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A coastal village in the city of Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.
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Several places in the United States.
A town in Minnesota, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A town in North Carolina, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A village in Ohio, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A city in Texas, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
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Several places in the United States.
A town in Wisconsin, United States.
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noun
A tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves.
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Usage: countable
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noun
The flower of a magnolia tree.
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A native or resident of the American state of Mississippi.
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Usage: countable
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noun
A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
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Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
Narrower terms: southern magnolia, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora, umbrella tree, umbrella magnolia, elkwood, elk-wood, Magnolia tripetala, earleaved umbrella tree, Magnolia fraseri, cucumber tree, Magnolia acuminata, large-leaved magnolia, large-leaved cucumber tree, great-leaved macrophylla, Magnolia macrophylla, saucer magnolia, Chinese magnolia, Magnolia soulangiana, star magnolia, Magnolia stellata, sweet bay, swamp bay, swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana
noun
dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
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Broader terms: bark
History
Borrowed from translingual Magnolia, from French Magnol + -ia. Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715). The surname is a form of the male given name Magne, from Latin magnus, which in turn from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh2nós, from *méǵh2s (“great”). .
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