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um⋅bel
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bəl
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–noun
Botany
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an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.
Origin:
1590–1600;
< L
umbella
a sunshade, parasol, deriv. of
umbra
shadow, shade; for formation
see
castellum
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um·bel
(ŭm'bəl)
n. A flat-topped or rounded flower cluster in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point, as in the geranium, milkweed, onion, and chive.
[New Latin
umbella
, from Latin,
parasol
, diminutive of
umbra
,
shadow
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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