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umbrella tree

 
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–noun
1. an American magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, having large leaves in umbrellalike clusters.
2. any of various other trees resembling an umbrella.
Origin:
1730–40, Americanism
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schef·fler·a   (shěf-lîr'ə, -lěr'ə, shěf'lər-ə)   
n.  Any of numerous evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Schefflera, having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers that are grouped in umbels. It is widely grown indoors as a foliage plant. Also called umbrella tree.

[New Latin Schefflera, genus name, after Jacob Christoph Scheffler (1698-1742), German botanist and physician.]
umbrella tree  
n.  

  1. Either of two trees, Magnolia fraseri or M. tripetala, of the southeast United States, having large leaves clustered in an umbrellalike form at the ends of the branches.

  2. An Australian evergreen tree (Brassasia actinophylla), having palmately compound leaves and widely cultivated in its smaller forms as a houseplant.

  3. See schefflera.

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