Definition of umbel Umbel

/ʌˈmbʌl/ - [umbul] - um•bel

We found 5 definitions of umbel from 5 different sources.

What does umbel mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: umbels

umbel - 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

inflorescence the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

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Wiktionary

umbel (Noun)
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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

umbel
um′bel, 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. [L. umbella, dim. of umbra, a shade.]