Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Umbel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Umbel \Um"bel\, n. [L. umbella a little shadow, umbrella, dim.
of umbra shade. See {Umbrella}.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
umbel
n : 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
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