Magnolia
Translingual
Etymology
Named by botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) after botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715).[1][2] + -ia
Proper noun
Magnolia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Magnoliaceae – the magnolias.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Magnoliales - order; Magnoliaceae - family; Magnolioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
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- Magnolia virginiana - type species. For the numerous other species see
Magnolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia or 
Magnolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Magnolia virginiana - type species. For the numerous other species see
References
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
Further reading
- Magnolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Magnolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Magnolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Proper noun
Magnolia
- A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- Our blooming friend, the handsome and stalworth Magnolia, having got a confidential hint from agitated Mrs. Mack, trudged up to the mills, in a fine frenzy, vowing vengeance on Mary Matchwell, for she liked poor Sally Nutter well.
- 1971 P.G. Wodehouse, Much Obliged, Jeeves, Barrie and Jenkins 1971, page 24:
- "Nobody could have a name like Magnolia."
- "They could if they came from South Carolina, as she did. In the southern states of America you can't throw a brick without hitting a Magnolia."
- A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
- A town in Delaware
- A village in Illinois
- A city in Iowa
- A town in Minnesota
- A city, the county seat of Pike County, Mississippi.
- A borough of New Jersey
- A town in North Carolina
- A village in Ohio
- A city in Texas
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia
- A town in Wisconsin
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