A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. [1913 Webster]
Magnolia warbler(Zoöl.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
, n.
1 any tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia, cultivated for its dark-green foliage and large waxlike flowers in spring.
2 a pale creamy-pink colour.
Etymology
mod.L f. P. Magnol, Fr. botanist d. 1715
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