magnolioidadj.n.
/maɡˈnəʊlɪɔɪd/, /məɡˈnəʊlɪɔɪd/, U.S. /mæɡˈnoʊlɪˌɔɪd/ Botany.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subclass Magnoliidae of dicotyledonous plants or its order Magnoliales.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [adjective]
jasmined1827
Ghent1841
cistal1847
cucumber1904
magnolia-like1913
magnolioid1972
1972 Nature 14 Apr. 353/2 Takhtajan [sic] sees the angiosperms as deriving from magnolioid ancestors, with present-day branches represented in the dicots by the Magnoliidae, Hamamelidae and Dilleniidae.
1980 Acta Amazonica 10 141 Of the other species those with magnolioid roots were generally strongly mycorrhizal while those with graminoid roots were generally non-mycorrhizal.
1988 Bot. Mag. Tokyo 101 419 The features exhibited by our specimen..have generally been accepted to be very primitive in the magnolioid flowers.
1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants v. 135 The earliest angiosperm fossil with inflorescence attached was a small, rhizomatous perennial..with similarities to primitive herbaceous magnolioid dicots and ‘basal’ monocots.
B. n.
A plant of the subclass Magnoliidae or its order Magnoliales.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias
sweet bay1716
umbrella-tree1739
swamp laurel1743
magnolia1748
tulip-tree1751
beaver-tree1756
tulip-laurel1766
champakc1770
cucumber-tree1784
mountain magnolia1785
swamp sassafras1796
laurel magnolia1806
beaver-wood1810
big laurel1810
yulan1822
chatta1834
cucumber1835
port wine magnolia1943
magnolioid1988
1988 Bot. Mag. Tokyo 101 421 These earlier magnolioids seem to have occupied an important role in forming..highly diversified stock.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1972