(n.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The experimental result of the quantitative determination of magnolol in Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis and its processed samples by HPLC has shown that the stir-fried sample has the highest content of magnolol among all sample and so does the ginger-fried sample among all ginger-processed samples.
(2) These data not only validate the earlier report of sequence data for a Magnolia species from the same site but also suggest that it may be possible to isolate and sequence DNAs routinely from the Clarkia deposit.
(3) Comparisons of the main characteristics of the plants, Tu-hou-po and Hou-po crude drugs and chemical components showed that Manglietia is taxonomically the closest to Magnolia and contained similar components (tab 1-2 and fig 1).
(4) The extracts of the flower buds of Magnolia salicifolia showed remarkable anti-allergy effects in passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) test.
(5) Variations with regard to salt tolerance were observed in rice varieties, Blue bonnet, IR-8, Jhona-349, and Magnolia.
(6) Two summer-flowering South American magnolia trees attested to the city’s colonial past.
(7) Several ethanol extracts such as Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Magnolia officinalis and Zingiber officinale etc., were found having stronger antioxidative effect.
(8) The drama bounces from Texas to Mississippi on the cusp of the civil war, effects a shotgun wedding of 60s spaghetti western with 70s "slavesploitation" and douses the magnolia in arterial blood.
(9) Charged £2,339 in September 2005 for supply and fitting of "magnolia cavalier cavalace velvet wool carpet with cloud and cumulus underlay".
(10) The molecular mechanism of honokiol, extracted from the bark of Magnolia obovata, was studied using bovine adrenal chromaffin cells as a model system.
(11) (+)-R-Coclaurine (Coc) and (+)-S-reticuline (Ret) are compounds contained in the dried buds of Magnolia salicifolia MAXIM.
(12) The types of flowering branch of Magnolia denudata under high yield conditions were investigated.
(13) Movies like Steel Magnolias or Waiting to Exhale or the all-female The Women wouldn’t have precisely these problems – but it’s still hard to imagine them with a male cast.
(14) Panax notogenseng and Magnolia officinalis were discovered to be sensitive, Prunus mume and Corydalis yanhusuo were moderate sensitive, and Coptis chinensis and Rheum palmatum highly sensitive to HP.
(15) Recently, the age of DNA that can be recovered and sequenced was increased manyfold by the amplification and sequencing of a DNA fragment from a Magnolia fossil obtained from the Miocene Clarkia deposit (17-20 million yr old).
(16) It’s hard to overstate how absurdly beautiful it is: the rhododendron trees are in full bloom, huge creamy magnolia blossoms hang alongside the path and wisps of cloud cling to the peaks.
(17) A compound in the N fraction was identified with authentic magnolol, a major component in Magnolia officinalis.
(18) "I asked her to plant three types of magnolia, and they have started putting them in the centre of the city.
(19) Magnolol is an antiplatelet agent isolated from Chinese herb Magnolia officinalis.
(20) It has a free parking lot reserved for customers from 6pm-6am one block west at Lawrence & Magnolia Street.
Yulan
Definition:
(n.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The human rights activist Ni Yulan, disabled after being beaten by police, lay on a bed in court and used an oxygen machine to breathe as her trial began today in Beijing.
(2) Officials stopped Chinese websites and smartphone apps from publishing US embassy data that showed embarrassingly high levels of pollution on Monday, and placed activists such as Hu Jia and Ni Yulan under house arrest.
(3) It is Ni Yulan's third prison term since she angered officials by defending the rights of people whose homes were demolished to make way for new developments, including those moved because of the 2008 Olympics.
(4) Ni Yulan lay on a bed looking thin and frail and used an oxygen machine to help her breathe during the hearing, her daughter Dong Xuan, said.
(5) Ni Yulan Clashes with officials over housing rights left the lawyer disabled and homeless .
(6) Ni Yulan, who became known for defending people evicted from their homes to make way for development, had been held under house arrest for 12 days, she told Reuters.