CHINESE MAGNOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese magnolia mean? 

• CHINESE MAGNOLIA (noun)
  The noun CHINESE MAGNOLIA has 1 sense:

1. large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America

  Familiarity information: CHINESE MAGNOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE MAGNOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers; native to Asia; prized as an ornamental in eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese magnolia; Magnolia soulangiana; saucer magnolia

Hypernyms ("Chinese magnolia" is a kind of...):

magnolia (any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms)