magnolia family


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Noun1.magnolia family - subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietiamagnolia family - subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
family Magnoliaceae, Magnoliaceae
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
genus Illicium, Illicium - anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves
genus Magnolia - shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera
genus Manglietia, manglietia - a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China
genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron - tulip trees
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