genus magnolia

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

   Broadermagnoliid dicot genus

   Part ofMagnoliaceae

Questions about genus magnolia

What does genus magnolia mean?

genus magnolia means "shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera".

Is genus magnolia a common word?

genus magnolia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.