单词 | great magnolia |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat magnolia great magnolia n. chiefly North American the southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, a tall evergreen tree native to the south-eastern United States. ΚΠ 1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 28 We set out a N.E. course, and passed by very thick and tall timber of beach, chesnut, linden, ash, great magnolia, sugar-birch..and some white pine. 1807 J. Aikin Geogr. Deliniations (rev. ed.) 343 In the southern states the great magnolia rises to a magnificence of bulk which renders it the pride of the forest. 1908 Outlook 4 Apr. 788/1 She always sat on a bench under the great magnolia tree and watched the tiny girls as they ate their tiny cakes. 1984 Times 30 Mar. 13/7 I passed the Temple where, amidst a mass of daffodils, the great magnolia was just breaking into bloom. 1999 L. Landon Dinner at Miss Lady’s 7 White clapboard [houses] with wide sprawling porches, some of them sagging and peeling beneath the boughs of the great magnolias that stood in their yards. < as lemmas |
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