magnolia (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[magnolia 词源字典]
plant genus, 1748, from Magnolius, Latinized name of Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French physician and botanist, professor of botany at Montpellier, + abstract noun ending -ia. As the name of a color, by 1931.[magnolia etymology, magnolia origin, 英语词源]