Etymology
The word "magnolia" is derived from the Latin genus name Magnolia, which itself was named after Pierre Magnol, a French botanist.
Meaning
Origin
Pierre Magnol (1638-1715) was a French botanist and physician who is considered one of the fathers of modern taxonomy. He was director of the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier, France, where he studied the plants of the region and developed a system for classifying them. In 1708, he published a description of a new genus of trees in the family Magnoliaceae, which he named after himself. This genus contained the species that is now known as Magnolia grandiflora, the Southern magnolia.
The word "magnolia" has spread to various languages, including:
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