umbellate
[ uhm-buh-lit, -leyt, uhm-bel-it ]
Origin of umbellate
1Other words from umbellate
- 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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How to use umbellate in a sentence
Flowers in a compound thyrse, very fragrant; pedicels mostly umbellate-clustered.
Peduncles terminal, often umbellate-clustered; in the first section mostly appearing lateral, but not really axillary.
Its large deep-red, umbellate blossoms are visible from afar gleaming among the green vegetation along the coast.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III | Karl Ritter von ScherzerIt differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the Lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits | Mary Elizabeth ParsonsThus, a compound umbel is produced when the pedicels of an umbel are themselves umbellate.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. Furneaux
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