magnolia family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Magnoliaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, often showy flowers with a spiral arrangement of their floral parts, and conelike fruit, and including the cucumber tree, magnolia, tulip tree, and umbrella tree.

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Example Sentences

The tulip tree is in the magnolia family and not a poplar at all.

From Washington Post

Tulip trees belong to the magnolia family, among the earliest flowering plant groups, one that dates to the time of dinosaurs and ferns.

From New York Times

Four of the ten genera in the magnolia family are represented in North America.

From Project Gutenberg

It belongs to the magnolia family, and the leaves are used by the common people in place of tea.

From Project Gutenberg

Drimys winteri.—This plant belongs to the magnolia family and furnishes the aromatic tonic known as Winter's bark.

From Project Gutenberg