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um⋅bel⋅lule

  [uhm-buhl-yool, uhm-bel-yool]
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–noun
one of the secondary umbels in a compound umbel.
Origin:
1785–95; < NL umbellula, equiv. to L umbell(a) (see umbel ) + -ula -ule

Related forms:
um⋅bel⋅lu⋅late  [uhm-bel-yuh-lit, -leyt] , adjective
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um·bel·let   (ŭm'bə-lĭt)   
n.  A secondary umbel in a compound umbel, as in the carrot. Also called umbellule.
um·bel·lule   (ŭm'bəl-yōōl', ŭm-běl'-)   
n.  See umbellet.

[New Latin umbellula, diminutive of umbella, umbel; see umbel.]
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