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UMBRELLA PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
Synonyms:
Cyperus alternifolius; umbrella plant; umbrella sedge
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("umbrella plant" is a kind of...):
sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)
Holonyms ("umbrella plant" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
Synonyms:
Eriogonum allenii; umbrella plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("umbrella plant" is a kind of...):
eriogonum (any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
Synonyms:
Darmera peltata; Indian rhubarb; Peltiphyllum peltatum; umbrella plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("umbrella plant" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("umbrella plant" is a member of...):
Darmera; genus Darmera; genus Peltiphyllum; Peltiphyllum (one species)
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