umbel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: um=bel

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