Magnolia

Magnolia

See also: magnolia, magnólia, magnòlia, and magnolią

Translingual

Magnolia grandiflora

Etymology

French Magnol +‎ -ia. Named by botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) after botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715).[1][2]

Proper noun

Magnolia f

1. 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

• (genus): Magnolia subg. Gynopodium, Magnolia subg. Magnolia, Magnolia subg. Yulania, Magnolia subg. incertae sedis - subgenera
  • Magnolia virginiana - type species. For the numerous other species see Magnolia on WikipediaWikipedia or Magnolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

1. Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
2. Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

• Magnolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Magnolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Magnolia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Proper noun

Magnolia

1. 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."

2. A several places in the United States
   1. A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
   2. A town in Delaware, United States
   3. A village in Illinois, United States
   4. A city in Iowa, United States
   5. A town in Minnesota, United States
   6. A city, the county seat of Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
   7. A borough of New Jersey, United States
   8. A town in North Carolina, United States
   9. A village in Ohio, United States
   10. A city in Texas, United States
   11. An unincorporatedcommunity in West Virginia, United States
   12. A town in Wisconsin, United States