Magnolia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
French Magnol + -ia. Named by botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) after botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Magnolia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Magnoliaceae – magnolias.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (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
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Magnolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Magnolia virginiana - type species. For the numerous other species see
References edit
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ 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
English edit
Proper noun edit
Magnolia
- 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, published 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."
- A several places in the United States
- A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Arkansas, United States.
- A town in Delaware, United States
- A village in Illinois, United States
- A city in Iowa, United States
- A town in Minnesota, United States
- A city, the county seat of Pike County, Mississippi, United States.
- A borough of New Jersey, United States
- A town in North Carolina, United States
- A village in Ohio, United States
- A city in Texas, United States
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
- A town in Wisconsin, United States