a device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain
a device consisting of a circular canopy of cloth on a folding metal frame supported by a central rod, used as protection against rain
an offshore investment fund which invests only in other investment funds
either of two small trees or shrubs with leaves or leaflets arranged in umbrella-like whorls:
a tropical Old World sedge which has stiff green stems, each terminating in a whorl of arching green leaf-like bracts. It is commonly grown as a houseplant
the supposed protection gained from an alliance with a country possessing nuclear weapons