umbrella plant

noun

Any of the species Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb).

Similar
Indian rhubarbDarmera peltataPeltiphyllum peltatumEriogonum alleniiumbrella sedgeCyperus alternifolius
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Meanings

nounumbrella plant (plural umbrella plants)

plural umbrella plants

  1. Any of the species Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb).
  2. Any of the various plants better known by other names:
    1. Annual buckwheat (Eriogonum annuum).
    2. Harper's buckwheat (Eriogonum harperi).
    3. Umbrella papyrus (Cyperus alternifolius).
    4. American umbrellaleaf (Diphylleia cymosa).
    5. Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum).
    6. Dwarf umbrella tree (Heptapleurum arboricola).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounrhizomatous 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

Similar
Indian rhubarbDarmera peltataPeltiphyllum peltatum
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounlate blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters

Similar
Eriogonum allenii
Broader
eriogonum

nounAfrican sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

Similar
umbrella sedgeCyperus alternifolius
Broader
sedge
Also see
indian rhubarb

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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