magnolias
Fragrant flowering trees
Magnolias are flowering trees and shrubs known for their large, fragrant blossoms—typically white, pink, or purple.
Native to Asia and the Americas, they're among the oldest flowering plants.
The magnolia is closely associated with the American South, where it symbolizes hospitality and gentility: The magnolia trees were in full bloom.
She planted magnolias along the driveway.
Large-scale farming operation
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- SavannahGeorgian seaport or name
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
porch · veranda · manor · belle · hospitality · gentility · tradition · Delta
Flower on fruit tree
- petalsColored bloom segments
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
- stamenPollen-producing flower organ
pistil · pollination · evergreen · deciduous · cultivar · specimen · canopy · foliage
Elegant in movement
- statelyGrand and imposing
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- refinedPurified or cultured
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
noble · grand · sophisticated · exquisite · pristine · timeless · classic · ornate
Fragrant liquid for wearing
- scentedHaving added fragrance
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- fragrancePleasing olfactory quality
- sweet-smellingHaving agreeable odor
lemony · citrusy · floral · essence · bouquet · intoxicating · heady · blossoms
Before documented civilization
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- primordialExisting from the start
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
paleobotany · primitive · ancestral · ancient · ginkgo · cycad · angiosperm · evolutionary
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- SavannahGeorgian seaport or name
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
Mississippi · porch · veranda · manor · belle · hospitality · gentility · tradition · Delta · bayou
blossom
Flower on fruit tree
- petalsColored bloom segments
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- floweringProducing reproductive structures
stamen · pistil · pollination · evergreen · deciduous · cultivar · specimen · canopy · foliage · buds
graceful
Elegant in movement
dignified · noble · grand · sophisticated · exquisite · pristine · timeless · classic · ornate · sculptural
perfume
Fragrant liquid for wearing
sweet-smelling · lemony · citrusy · floral · essence · bouquet · intoxicating · heady · blossoms · potpourri
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- primordialExisting from the start
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
Mesozoic · paleobotany · primitive · ancestral · ancient · ginkgo · cycad · angiosperm · evolutionary
- rural SouthBaptist church, dirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads
- acid-loving plantsrhododendron, rhododendrons, azaleas, azalea, camellia
- flowersroses, flower, tulips, daisies, lilies
- Deep SouthAlabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Mississippi Delta
- floral artbouquet, flower arrangement, flower bouquet, floral display, cut flowers
- flowering plantsroses, rose bush, daisies, tulips, tulip
- steel magnoliaFeminine strength beneath softness
- magnolia treesFlowering plants, large blooms
- magnolia leavesFoliage from flowering trees
- magnolia leafFoliage from ornamental tree