UMBRELLA TREE


Meaning of UMBRELLA TREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1790

: any of various trees or shrubs resembling an umbrella especially in the arrangement of leaves or the shape of the crown ; especially : a widely cultivated schefflera ( Schefflera actinophylla syn. Brassaia actinophylla ) of Australia and New Guinea having leaflets radiating from an elongate petiole

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.