umbel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Noun

umbel (plural umbels)

(botany) 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.

Related terms

Translations

type of flower cluster

Czech: okolík (cs) m
Danish: skærm
Dutch: scherm (nl) n
Faroese: skjól n
French: ombelle (fr) f
German: Dolde (de) f

Manx: umbyl m
Polish: baldach (pl) m
Portuguese: umbela (pt) f
Romanian: umbelă (ro) f
Spanish: umbela f

Anagrams

'umble, Blume

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