GENUS MAGNOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Magnolia mean? 

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

1. shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MAGNOLIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Magnolia" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Magnolia"):

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

Holonyms ("genus Magnolia" is a member of...):

family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)