Umbrella tree

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala).
  2. 2
    small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches wordnet
  3. 3
    An African corkwood (Musanga cecropioides).
  4. 4
    erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves wordnet
  5. 5
    An Australian rainforest tree (Polyscias murrayi).
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  1. 6
    An octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla).
  2. 7
    An Indian almond (Terminalia catappa).
  3. 8
    An umbrella thorn (Vachellia tortilis).

    "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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brassaia actinophyllaelk-woodelkwoodmagnolia tripetalascheffleraschefflera actinophylla

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"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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