English Explanatory Dictionary

umbel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The pileus of certain fungi.

Pronunciation

/ʌmbəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-umbel.wav

Word forms

umbel umbels

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.

Related words

umbellar umbellaster umbelled umbellet umbellifer umbelliferous umbelliform umbellulate umbellule Umbelliferae Umbellales
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