umbellate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of umbellate
1750–60; < New Latin umbellātus, equivalent to Latin umbell ( a ) ( see umbel) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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This fact at once points to an analogy with the umbellate allies, and induces us to examine the insertion of the flowers more critically.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
Allium.—Hardy bulbs of the garlic family, some species of which are ornamental; the inflorescence is umbellate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Flowers terminal in umbellate panicles, the umbellets opposite and each bearing 3 flowerets.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Seed suspended.—Perennial herbs with radical leaves; those of the stem 2 or 3 together, opposite or whorled, and forming an involucre remote from the flower; peduncles 1-flowered, solitary or umbellate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Flowers greenish, 5-parted, solitary or in umbellate clusters in the axils.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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