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

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

The common umbrella tree; common in the southern United States. Its fruit contains magnolin, and its bark constitutes part of the m., of the U. S. Ph., 1880.