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Definition of umbels in English English dictionary
- plural of umbel
- umbel
- {n} an umbrella, or mode of flowering, when a number of florets rise on the footstalks so as to form an umbrella
- umbel
- A flat-topped inflorescence with pedicels of equal length all originating at the same point [16]
- umbel
- an inlforescence in which all the flower ar at the same height umbilicate- having a navel-like depression
- umbel
- A flat-topped or rounded flower cluster with the flowers on stalks (pedicels) arising from a common point See drawing of inflorescence types
- umbel
- It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule
- umbel
- flower head with flower stalks arising from one point and spread out like umbrella spokes; smaller secondary umbels often arise from main umbel stalks
- umbel
- A Flower cluster with all the flower stalks radiating from a central point
- umbel
- 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
- umbel
- A flat or convex flower cluster with all the flower stalks arising from one point
- umbel
- A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed
- umbel
- An arrangement of flowers springing from a common center and forming a flat or rounded cluster Striking examples of North Country plants bearing their flowers in umbels would include Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum) and Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lantana) From the Latin, umbella, diminutive of umbra, "shade "
- umbel
- A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre
- umbel
- A convex or flat-topped inflorescence where the flowers are attached at one point and the youngest flowers are in the center
- umbel
- An inflorescence (flowering portion of plant) in which the peduncles or pedicels of a cluster spring from the same point
- umbel
- {i} flower cluster having stalks which extend from a common center (Botany)
- umbel
- A cluster of flowers in which the stalks (pedicel) arise from a common point; may be simple or compound