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umbrella tree noun 1. or umbrella magnolia : an American magnolia (Magnolia tripetala) having large leaves clustered at the ends of the branches 2. a. : an Australian tree (Brassaia actinophylla) of the family Araliaceae having digitate leaves arranged like the ribs of an umbrella b. : umbrella bush 3. : any of various other trees or shrubs resembling an umbrella especially in the arrangement of leaves or the shape of the crown of foliage: as a. : blue dogwood b. : portia tree c. : malabar almond 1 d. : a cultivated tree of the southern United States that forms a variety (Melia azedarach umbraculiformis) of the chinaberry and is characterized by branches arising at a common level and radiating from the trunk like the ribs of an umbrella |