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umbel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Umbel  \Um"bel\,  n.  [L.  umbella  a  little  shadow,  umbrella,  dim. 
  of  umbra  shade.  See  {Umbrella}.]  (Bot.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  umbel 
  n  :  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 




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