star magnolia

noun

Magnolia stellata, a slow-growing shrub or small tree native to Japan, with large, showy white or pink flowers.

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Meanings

nounstar magnolia (plural star magnolias)

plural star magnolias

  1. Magnolia stellata, a slow-growing shrub or small tree native to Japan, with large, showy white or pink flowers.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundeciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States

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Magnolia stellata
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magnolia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. translingualMagnolia stellata
  2. Englishstar magnolia

Calque of translingual Magnolia stellata.

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APA

star magnolia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20magnolia

MLA

“star magnolia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20magnolia. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “star magnolia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star%20magnolia.

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