umbrella plant
1.
(
noun
) African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
Synonyms:
Cyperus alternifolius
,
umbrella sedge
Related Words:
sedge
2.
(
noun
) late-blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
Synonyms:
Eriogonum allenii
Related Words:
eriogonum
3.
(
noun
) 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 California Sierra Nevada
Synonyms:
Darmera peltata
,
Indian rhubarb
,
Peltiphyllum peltatum
Related Words:
herb
,
herbaceous plant
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