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umbel

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Noun
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um=bel

CIDE DICTIONARY

umbeln. [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

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