Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Southern US)A woman, unashamed, who exemplifies both traditional femininity and an uncommon fortitude.

Origin

* Combining the contrasting images of steel, a hard metal, and magnolia, a flower.

* Combining the contrasting images of steel, a hard metal, and magnolia, a flower.

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Forms

plural: steel magnolias
Singularsteel magnolia
Pluralsteel magnolias

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See also

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