umbrella tree

Noun

• small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches

• erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  umbrella magnolia , elkwood , elk-wood , Magnolia tripetala , Schefflera actinophylla , Brassaia actinophylla