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umbrella plant

um·brel·la plant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhm-brel-uh plant, plahnt]
    • /ʌmˈbrɛl ə plænt, plɑnt/
    • /ʌmˈbrelə plɑːnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhm-brel-uh plant, plahnt]
    • /ʌmˈbrɛl ə plænt, plɑnt/

Definitions of umbrella plant words

  • noun umbrella plant an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem. 1
  • noun umbrella plant North Midland U.S. the May apple plant. 1
  • noun umbrella plant Also called wild buckwheat. any of various plants belonging to the genus Eriogonum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western U.S. and Mexico, having rounded heads or umbels of white, yellow, or red flowers. 1
  • noun umbrella plant an African sedge, Cyperus alternifolius, having large umbrella-like whorls of slender leaves: widely grown as an ornamental water plant 0
  • noun umbrella plant a common, cultivated, aquatic sedge (Cyperus alternifolius) having naked, triangular stems surmounted by an umbrellalike whorl of grasslike leaves and greenish spikelets 0

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Origin of umbrella plant

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Umbrella plant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

umbrella plant popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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