Magonia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Magonia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – now Magonia pubescens is the sole resolved name accepted in Magonia, almost all other species having been transferred to Ruprechtia in family Polygonaceae.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Sapindaceae - family

Derived terms

See Magonia at The Plant List

References

Magonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Magonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Magonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Magonia at The Plant List

English

Proper noun

Magonia

(mythology) A cloud realm from which felonious aerial sailors were said to come in flying ships, according to an ancient treatise against weather magic by the Carolingian bishop Agobard of Lyon.

Derived terms

Magonian

Anagrams

angioma, nagaimo

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