Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umbrella tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: um-brel-la tree
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala).

noun

An African corkwood (Musanga cecropioides).

noun

An Australian rainforest tree (Polyscias murrayi).

noun

An octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla).

noun

An Indian almond (Terminalia catappa).

noun

An umbrella thorn (Vachellia tortilis).

Example Sentences

"Virtually all the trees in the home range of the baboons are acacias of just two species: the fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea (18.4% of feeding bouts), and, on somewhat higher, drier ground, the umbrella tree, A. tortilis (5.0%)."

Inflected Forms

umbrella trees (plural)

Synonyms

umbrella magnolia elkwood elk-wood magnolia tripetala schefflera actinophylla brassaia actinophylla

Questions

What does umbrella tree mean?: An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala).

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