umbel

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umbel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

umbel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  umbel
      n 1: 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