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Definition of Umbel

1. Noun. 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.

Definition of Umbel

1. n. 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.

Definition of Umbel

1. Noun. (botany) 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. ¹

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Definition of Umbel

1. a type of flower cluster [n -S] : UMBELED, UMBELLAR, UMBELLED [adj]

Medical Definition of Umbel

1. A racemose inflorescence in which all the individual flower stalks arise in a cluster at the top of the peduncle and are of about equal length. (09 Oct 1997)

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