UMBRELLA TREE
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 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)
Meaning:
Erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern 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 branches)
Holonyms ("umbrella tree" is a member of...):
genus Schefflera; Schefflera (large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage)
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)
