umbrella tree en · NOUN
Meanings
- An umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala).
- An African corkwood (Musanga cecropioides).
- An Australian rainforest tree (Polyscias murrayi).
- An octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla).
- An Indian almond (Terminalia catappa).
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An umbrella thorn (Vachellia tortilis).
Virtually all the trees in the home range of the baboons are acacias of just two species: the fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea (18.4% of feeding bouts), and, on somewhat higher, drier ground, the umbrella tree, A. tortilis (5.0%).
1998, Stuart A. Altmann, “Dietary Diversity”, in Foraging for Survival: Yearling Baboons in Africa, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 76:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| umbrella trees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
ja パラソリエ (Musanga cecropioides) · fr parasolier (Musanga cecropioides) · kg nsenga (Musanga cecropioides) · de Regenschirmbaum (Musanga cecropioides) · de Schirmbaum (Musanga cecropioides) · dua bose̱nge̱ (Musanga cecropioides)