Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A partial umbel; an umbellet. See
umbel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An umbellet.
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- noun botany An
umbellet .
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Examples
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The Carrot is well distinguished from other plants of the same order by having the central flower of the umbel, or sometimes a tiny umbellule, of a bright red or deep purple colour, though there is a variety, Daucus maritimus, frequent in many parts of the seacoast in the south of
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Compound: each peduncle bearing another little umbel or umbellule. —
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