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umbellate

[uhm-buh-lit, -leyt, uhm-bel-it]

adjective

having or forming an umbel or umbels.

Origin:
1750–60; < Neo-Latin umbellātus, equivalent to Latin umbell(a) (see umbel) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

um·bel·lar, um·bel·lat·ed, adjective

um·bel·late·ly, adverb

sub·um·bel·lar, adjective

sub·um·bel·late, adjective

sub·um·bel·lat·ed, adjective

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umbel (ˈʌmb^əl)

—n
	an inflorescence, characteristic of umbelliferous plants, in which the flowers arise from the same point in the main stem and have stalks of the same length, to give a cluster with the youngest flowers at the centre

[C16: from Latin umbella a sunshade, from umbra shade]

umbellate

—*adj*

umbellar

—*adj*

'umbellated

—*adj*

'umbellately

—*adv*

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