umbel

umbel
/um"beuhl/, n. Bot.
an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center. See illus. under inflorescence.
[1590-1600; < L umbella a sunshade, parasol, deriv. of umbra shadow, shade; for formation see CASTELLUM]

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