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Umbrella

Meanings and phrases

umbrella

adj.

1. covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups

umbrella

n.

1. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
3. having the function of uniting a group of similar things

Japanese umbrella pine

n.

1. tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs; Sciadopitys verticillata

earleaved umbrella tree

n.

1. small erect deciduous tree with large leaves in coiled formations at branch tips; Magnolia fraseri

umbrella arum

n.

1. foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix; devil's tongue; snake palm; Amorphophallus rivieri

umbrella bird

n.

1. black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle; Cephalopterus ornatus

umbrella fern

n.

1. large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia; fan fern; Sticherus flabellatus; Gleichenia flabellata

umbrella magnolia

n.

1. small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches; umbrella tree; elkwood; elk-wood; Magnolia tripetala

umbrella pine

n.

1. medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds; stone pine; European nut pine; Pinus pinea

umbrella plant

n.

1. 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; Indian rhubarb; Darmera peltata; Peltiphyllum peltatum
2. late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters; Eriogonum allenii
3. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves; umbrella sedge; Cyperus alternifolius

umbrella sedge

n.

1. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves; umbrella plant; Cyperus alternifolius

umbrella tent

n.

1. a small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs

umbrella tree

n.

1. erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves; Schefflera actinophylla; Brassaia actinophylla
2. small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches; umbrella magnolia; elkwood; elk-wood; Magnolia tripetala

umbrella organization

E.g.

• GNI also became an umbrella organization for networking local gay naturist clubs.
• Globally, affiliated communities are united within the umbrella organization Masorti Olami.
• The ACM is an umbrella organization for academic and scholarly interests in computer science.

umbrella term

E.g.

• Historically, the umbrella term was billiards.
• There are distinct subcultures under this umbrella term.
• Included under this umbrella term is Alzheimer's disease.

umbrella organisation

E.g.

• Instead, the Catholic schools are a member of the Catholic umbrella organisation .
• It is an independent pressure group and umbrella organisation for grassroot activists from around the UK.
• The Hong Kong Council of Social Service is an umbrella organisation of over 400 social service organisations.

umbrella group

E.g.

• It is an umbrella group for Oulipo, Oubapo, Outrapo, etc.
• The organisation has been described as an "umbrella group of the Left".
• Most Hokkaidō Ainu and some other Ainu are members of an umbrella group called the Hokkaidō Utari Association.