Plants That Start With U
Here are 7 plants that start with U, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.
U is a small plant letter with seven names, and five of them start with umbrella. The umbrella pine, umbrella plant, umbrella tree, umbrella fern and umbrella magnolia all share the same opening word. That makes U the easiest page to memorise.
The two exceptions are useful too. Upland cotton is the most widely grown kind of cotton plant, and the urn plant is a bromeliad houseplant with a vase-shaped rosette of leaves. Both make good answers when a game rules out repeated first words.
- Plants starting with U
- 7
- Best known
- umbrella pine, umbrella plant
- Longest name
- umbrella magnolia
All plants that start with U
| # | Name | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | umbrella fern | large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia |
| 2 | umbrella magnolia | small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas... |
| 3 | umbrella pine | medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown |
| 4 | umbrella plant | late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters |
| 5 | umbrella tree | small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas... |
| 6 | upland cotton | the most widely grown kind of cotton plant |
| 7 | urn plant | bromeliad houseplant with a vase-shaped leaf rosette |
More that start with U
- NamesUrsula, Ulysses
- Girl namesUrsula, Una
- Boy namesUlysses, Uriel
- Last namesUnderwood, Urban
- Wordsunder, until
- 5-letter wordsunder, until
- Adjectivesunder, unique
- Positive wordsuseful, unity
- Nounsuniversity, union
- Verbsusing, understand
- Animalsumbrella bird, uakari
- CountriesUganda, Ukraine
- CitiesUrumqi, Ufa
- Foodsudon, upside-down cake
- Fruitsume
- Vegetablesulluco, upland cress
- Thingsuniform, umbrella
- Colorsultramarine, umber
- Jobsusher, umpire
- Dog namesUni, Uno
Questions people ask
How many plants start with U?
This list has 7 plants starting with U, from well-known ones like umbrella pine, umbrella plant, umbrella tree to rarer kinds.
What plants start with U?
Well-known examples are umbrella pine, umbrella plant, umbrella tree, upland cotton, urn plant.
Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.
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