Magonia

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Magonia f

  1. 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 genus Ruprechtia in family Polygonaceae.

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Magonia

  1. (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.

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