magnolia
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～ dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine
magnolia family
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～ subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
Magnolia grandiflora
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～ evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
magnolia
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～ any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
Magnolia fraseri
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～ small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips
Magnolia macrophylla
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～ large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base
Magnoliaceae
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～ subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
magnoliid dicot genus
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～ genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
magnoliid dicot family
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～ family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Magnoliidae
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～ a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
Magnoliophyta
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～ comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
magnoliopsid genus
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～ genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
magnoliopsid family
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～ family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
magnoliopsid
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～ flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
Magnoliopsida
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～ comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
magnum
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～ a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
magnus hitch
— Noun
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～ a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch
magpie
— Noun
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～ someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
magpie
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～ long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
magpie
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～ an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker