UMBRELLA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbrella tree mean? 

• UMBRELLA TREE (noun)
  The noun UMBRELLA TREE has 2 senses:

1. erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

2. small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches

  Familiarity information: UMBRELLA TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UMBRELLA TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brassaia actinophylla; Schefflera actinophylla; umbrella tree

Hypernyms ("umbrella tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("umbrella tree" is a member of...):

genus Schefflera; Schefflera (large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

elk-wood; elkwood; Magnolia tripetala; umbrella magnolia; umbrella tree

Hypernyms ("umbrella tree" is a kind of...):

magnolia (any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms)