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umbrella plant

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of the species Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb).

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Meaning 2

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

Annual buckwheat (Eriogonum annuum).

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Meaning 3

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

Harper's buckwheat (Eriogonum harperi).

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Meaning 4

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

Umbrella papyrus (Cyperus alternifolius).

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Meaning 5

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

American umbrellaleaf (Diphylleia cymosa).

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Meaning 6

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum).

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Meaning 7

Any of the various plants better known by other names:

Dwarf umbrella tree (Heptapleurum arboricola).

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Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifolius

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Broader terms: sedge

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Meaning 9

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

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Synonyms: Eriogonum allenii

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Broader terms: eriogonum

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Meaning 10

rhizomatous 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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum

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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

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