umbrella plant
1. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves • Syn: umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifolius • Hypernyms: sedge • Member Holonyms: Cyperus, genus Cyperus 2. 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 • Syn: Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Darmera, genus Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum 3. late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters • Syn: Eriogonum allenii • Hypernyms: eriogonum
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