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UMBRELLA TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Brassaia actinophylla; Schefflera actinophylla; umbrella tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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