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magnolioid

magnolioid noun: a member of the botanical family Magnoliaceae for which the genus Magnolia is representative.

Noun

magnolioid (plural magnolioids)

  1. A member of the botanical family Magnoliaceae for which the genus Magnolia is representative
    • If treated as a magnolioid it seems to be the only genus with cruciferous stomata, the anthers are neither adnate nor extrorse, the ovary syncarpous, unilocular, and with a long style, the ovules are orthotropous with cellular endosperm, […]1970, Australian Journal of Botany, page 411
    • Each follicle is provided with major vascular bundles, two ventral and one dorsal as in conduplicate carpels of other magnolioids.1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 468

Forms of magnolioid

pluralmagnolioids

Questions about magnolioid

What does magnolioid mean?
Magnolioid means a member of the botanical family Magnoliaceae for which the genus Magnolia is representative.
What part of speech is magnolioid?
Magnolioid is a noun.
What is the plural of magnolioid?
The plural of magnolioid is magnolioids.

Words near magnolioid in the dictionary

  1. magnolias
  2. magnolid
  3. magnolids
  4. magnoliid
  5. magnoliids
  6. magnolioid
  7. magnolioids
  8. magnoliophyte
  9. magnoliophytes
  10. magnoliopsid
  11. magnoliopsids

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