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evergreen magnolia

noun

  1. a magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, of the southern U.S., having evergreen foliage and large, fragrant, white flowers, grown as a shade and ornamental tree in the warmer parts of the U.S.: the state tree of Mississippi.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of evergreen magnolia1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

The Achilles’ heel for all evergreen magnolias is that branches often break in heavy snow or ice storms.

Some mature trees were carefully preserved to form the backbone of the gardens, including firs, a parrotia, weeping Alaska cedar, katsuras and evergreen magnolia.

“I like looking out the windows at evergreens,” says Margy, who also has planted privet, sarcococca, daphne, evergreen magnolias and a bay tree.

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