magnolia
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnolia /magˈnəʊlɪə/
▶noun
- 1 a tree or shrub with large, creamy-pink or -white, waxy flowers. [Genus Magnolia.]
- 2 a pale creamy-white colour.
– origin mod. L., named after the 17th-cent. French botanist Pierre Magnol.
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