magnolia

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The evergreen magnolia is the Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora (and its cultivated varieties), which bears large white blossoms during warmer months from late spring to early autumn.

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  1. noun Any of numerous evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Magnolia of the Western Hemisphere and Asia, having aromatic twigs and large showy white, pink, purple, or yellow flowers.
  2. noun The flower of any of these plants.

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  1. New Latin Magnolia, genus name, after Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French botanist.
 

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