umbrella tree

  1. ☆ an American magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) with clusters of long leaves at the ends of the branches, foul-smelling white flowers, and reddish fruit
  2. any of a number of other trees or shrubs whose leaves are umbrella-shaped or grow with an umbrellalike effect, as the chinaberry

See umbrella tree in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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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