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umbrella tree
noun
- an American magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, having large leaves in umbrellalike clusters.
- any of various other trees resembling an umbrella.
umbrella tree
noun
- a North American magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, having long leaves clustered into an umbrella formation at the ends of the branches and unpleasant-smelling white flowers
- Also calledumbrella bush Any of various other trees or shrubs having leaves shaped like an umbrella or growing in an umbrella-like cluster
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Word History and Origins
Origin of umbrella tree1
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
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Example Sentences
The only alternative to this was that the original umbrella tree had disappeared, and this I did not want to believe.
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By this time a path had been cut through to the palm grove and from it to the umbrella tree.
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Under this sheltering umbrella-tree, which spread its dense arch like a roof, sat Joyce and her mother.
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It is known as large-leaved cucumber tree, great-leaved magnolia, large-leaved umbrella tree, and long-leaved magnolia.
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Here was pointed out a fine, lofty specimen of the umbrella tree, of the pine family, with broad leaves of a deep green.
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