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单词 umbrella-tree
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umbrella-treen.

Brit. /ʌmˈbrɛlətriː/, U.S. /ˌəmˈbrɛləˌtri/
Etymology: < umbrella n. + tree n.
1. One of various American magnolias, especially Magnolia tripetala, having the leaves arranged umbrella-wise at the ends of the branches.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias
sweet bay1716
umbrella-tree1739
swamp laurel1743
magnolia1748
tulip-tree1751
beaver-tree1756
tulip-laurel1766
champakc1770
cucumber-tree1784
mountain magnolia1785
swamp sassafras1796
laurel magnolia1806
beaver-wood1810
big laurel1810
yulan1822
chatta1834
cucumber1835
port wine magnolia1943
magnolioid1988
1739 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 350 Magnolia, amplissimoflore albo, fructu coccineo. The Umbrella-tree.
1796 W. H. Marshall Planting II. 210 The wood of the Umbrella Tree..is more spongy than any of the other species of Magnolia.
1814 F. Pursh Flora Amer. Septentrionalis II. 381 Magnolia tripetala..is generally known by the name of Umbrella-tree.
1831 On Planting (Libr. Useful Knowl.) viii. 94/2 Magnolia tripetala, umbrella-tree, is found in soils deep and fertile in the northern parts of New York.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 239/1 Here the umbrella-trees shaded the streets.
2. One of a variety of trees whose leaves or habit of growth resemble an umbrella.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > other types of tree (characterized by habit)
umbrella-tree1791
mophead1876
platform tree1925
1791 Encycl. Brit. (Dublin ed.) V. 482/1 Corypha, Mountain Palm, or Umbrella Tree.
1834 H. Caunter Oriental Ann. v. 53 The chatta, or umbrella-tree, begins here to be plentiful.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1190/1 Umbrella-tree,..Thespesia populnea and Pandanus odoratissimus.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1190/1 Guinea Umbrella-Tree, Paritium guineense.
1883 Sunday Mag. Aug. 511/2 We saw a good many specimens of the ‘umbrella-tree’, as it is called, a sort of acacia.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 387 Brassaia actinophylla,..Umbrella Tree, the large leaves being set, like umbrella-ribs, at the top of numerous stems.
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