umbrella tree

umbrella tree
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

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