Umbel

['ʌmb(ə)l] or ['ʌmbl]

Definition

(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.

Typed by Cecil--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checker: Patty

Definition

n. a form of flower in which a number of stalks each bearing a flower radiate from one centre.—adjs. Um′bellate -d bearing umbels.—n. Umbell′ifer any plant of the parsley family.—adj. Umbellif′erous bearing or producing umbels.—n. Um′bellule a secondary umbel.

Typist: Margery