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umbel

um·bel

(ŭm′bəl)

A flat-topped or rounded flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point, characteristic of plants in the parsley family, such as Queen Anne's lace.

[New Latin umbella, from Latin, parasol, diminutive of umbra, shadow.]

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umbel

(ˈʌmbəl)

(Botany) an inflorescence, characteristic of umbelliferous plants, in which the flowers arise from the same point in the main stem and have stalks of the same length, to give a cluster with the youngest flowers at the centre

[C16: from Latin umbella a sunshade, from umbra shade]

umbellate, umbellar, ˈumbelˌlated adj

ˈumbellately adv

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um•bel

(ˈʌm bəl)

n.

an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.

[1590–1600; < Latin umbella a sunshade, derivative of umbra shadow, shade]

um·bel

(ŭm′bəl)

A flat or rounded flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point on the stem. The geranium, milkweed, and onion have umbels.

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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

inflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

Translations

Dolde

ombelle

ombrella

umbel

n → Dolde f

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Near the end of May, the sand cherry (Cerasus pumila) adorned the sides of the path with its delicate flowers arranged in umbels cylindrically about its short stems, which last, in the fall, weighed down with goodsized and handsome cherries, fell over in wreaths like rays on every side.

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Each flower stem produces an umbel of up to 30 flowers for a long period from early spring.

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The flowers grow on short stalks radiating from a common peduncle, and form an umbel in the leaf axil.

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The petals pointing away irregularly from the Centre of the umbel are 5 to 6 mm or more in length than those pointing toward it only 1 to 3 mm long.

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