Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Magnoliaceœ; resembling the magnolia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceæ) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to, the Magnolicaceae order of plants, which includes the
magnolia .
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Examples
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-- This magnoliaceous plant is a native of China, and its fruit furnishes the star anise of commerce.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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Guettarda coccinea; among magnoliaceous plants, the tulip-tree and the
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