Meaning of umbrella tree | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala).
2. An African corkwood (Musanga cecropioides).
3. An Australian rainforest tree (Polyscias murrayi).
4. An octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla).
5. An Indian almond (Terminalia catappa).
6. An umbrella thorn (Vachellia tortilis).

Equivalents

Examples

“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%).”

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