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umbel

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Noun

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um=bel

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun umbel has 1 sense

umbel(n = noun.plant) - flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center;

Derived form adjective umbellar₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

umbel, n. [L. umbella a little shadow, umbrella, dim. of umbra shade. See Umbrella.].

A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

umbel, n. Bot. a flower-cluster in which stalks nearly equal in length spring from a common centre and form a flat or curved surface, as in parsley.

Derivative

umbellar adj. umbellate adj. umbellule adj.

Etymology

obs. F umbelle or L umbella sunshade, dimin. of UMBRA

For further exploring for "umbel" in Webster Dictionary Online

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