umbellate

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

adjective

1. having or forming an umbel or umbels.

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of umbellate¹

1750–60; < New Latin umbellātus, equivalent to Latin umbell ( a ) ( umbel ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Flowers in a compound thyrse, very fragrant; pedicels mostly umbellate-clustered.

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Peduncles terminal, often umbellate-clustered; in the first section mostly appearing lateral, but not really axillary.

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Its large deep-red, umbellate blossoms are visible from afar gleaming among the green vegetation along the coast.

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It differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the Lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.

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Thus, a compound umbel is produced when the pedicels of an umbel are themselves umbellate.

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