umbel

[ US /ˈəmbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ˈʌmbə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
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How To Use umbel In A Sentence

  • In _Umbelliferæ_ the epigynous condition is changed for the perigynous, &c. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • A plant with an umbelliferous inflorescence is one whose flowers are borne on stalks or pedicels originating from a common node on the main stem.
  • Allium aflatunense (native to Iran) has dense spherical umbels of starry lilac-purple flowers (the puffball effect) on stems two to three feet tall.
  • The, for 1420 alloy at double - ageing, the maximum corrosion depth was consistent the Gumbel distribution law.
  • This fact at once points to an analogy with the umbellate allies, and induces us to examine the insertion of the flowers more critically. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
  • To minimize competition for resources between developing fruits, treatments were performed on separate umbels, regardless of how many extra flowers per umbel were produced.
  • The NFL Network on Friday announced the two-year experiment to find out whether Bryant Gumbel could become an NFL play-by-play announcer is over. Announcers play Tiger card at The Masters
  • Funeral services for Adela Clara Sehon Pinkert, 86, of Levelland, will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at St. Michael's Catholic Church of Levelland with Rev. Martin Pina officiating and concelebrant Rev. Joseph Kurumbel, S.B. and Deacon Leo Cottoneir asssiting. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
  • Another good association could bethe white umbel Seseli libanotus with the purple-tinted foliage of theupright Thalictrum 'Elin'. Gardens: Planting in drifts
  • Composition also includes a high mesophyl umbellate (Peucedanum morisonii) on chernozem soils with microphyllous deciduous woods (Betula pendula, Populus tremula). Kazakh upland
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