Look up: UMBEL

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   Umbel
   An umbel is an infloresence in which all the flowers are borne upon pedicels of equal length arising from a common centre.
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   umbel
   [n] - flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
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   Umbel
   A form a branching of an inflorescence where the branches radiate out from one point. Reminisant of the spokes of an inside out umbrella. Plants belonging to the family Apiaceae classically have umbels.
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   Umbel
   A flat flowerhead, with all the pedicels arising from the same point.
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   Umbel
   A flowering head where the pedicels (individual flower stems) all spring from one point, usually the end of the peduncle.
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   Umbel
   A flower grouping with individual flower stalks or floral groupings radiating from a central axis; often flat-topped and umbrella-like.
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   umbel
   <plant biology> 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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   umbel
   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
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   Umbel
   An `umbel` is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. Umbels are a characteristic of plants such as carrot, parsley, dill, and fennel in the family Apiaceae, and ivy, aralia and fatsia in the family Araliaceae. A compressed cyme is called `umbelliform` if it resembles an umbel. Category: plant morphology Catego...
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    Umbel
    • (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.
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    umbel
    (from the article `inflorescence`) In an umbel, each of the pedicels initiates from about the same point at the tip of the peduncle, giving the appearance of an umbrella-like shape, as ... If the axis is short or stunted, the flowers arise from a common point and appear to be at approximately the same level. This pattern, called an ... ...
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    umbel
    umbel, umbellate, umbella 1. In botany [diminutive of umbra, shadow], a flat-topped or rounded flower cluster (umbrella-shaped flower head) in which the individual flower stalks spring from about the same point in an axis, as in the carrot, parsley, dill, fennel, and related plants. 2. A typically umbrella-shaped inflorescence in which all pedicels arise at the apex of an...
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    UMBEL
    A flower structure shaped like an umbrella.
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