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