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Definition of M acuminata

M acuminata
Magnolia Mag*no"li*a, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay (M. glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are M. Umbrella, M. macrophylla, M. Fraseri, M. acuminata, and M. cordata. M. conspicua and M. purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. M. Campbellii, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. Magnolia warbler (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
M acuminata
Cucumber Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus or Cucumis Colocynthis. See Colocynth. Cucumber beetle. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. Cucumber tree. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria). Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium. Star cucumber, a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with prickly fruit.

Meaning of M acuminata from wikipedia

- Musa a****inata is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, its range comprising the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Many of the modern edible...
- Magnolia a****inata, commonly called the cu****ber tree (often spelled as a single word "cu****bertree"), cu****ber magnolia or blue magnolia, is one of the...
- plantains are hybrids and polyploids of two wild, seeded banana species, Musa a****inata and Musa balbisiana. Cultivated bananas are almost always seedless (parthenocarpic)...
- between two wild species, M. a****inata and M. balbisiana. It is believed that Southeast Asian farmers first domesticated Ma****inata. When the cultivated...
- bananas come from two wild species – Musa a****inata and Musa balbisiana. Most cultivated bananas are M. a****inata, M. balbisiana, or hybrids of the two. Musa...
- regards it as part of the nominate subspecies of Musa a****inata, Ma****inata subsp. a****inata. The blood banana is also known as the red banana tree...
- lamina halves. The lamina can be as much as 7 m (23 ft) long in the case of Ma****inata subsp. truncata (syn. M. truncata) of the Malay Peninsula). Musa species...
- to encourage pollination by beetles instead. Fossilized specimens of M. a****inata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and fossils of plants...
- Monstera a****inata, or shingle plant, is a species of flowering plant from family Araceae which is widespread from Mexico to Central America. It is abundant...
- Melanophila a****inata, known generally as the black fire beetle or fire bug, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It...