umbellate

[ uhm-buh-lit, -leyt, uhm-bel-it ]

adjective

1. having or forming an umbel or umbels.

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of umbellate¹

1750–60; < New Latin umbellātus, equivalent to Latin umbell ( a ) ( umbel ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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Allium.—Hardy bulbs of the garlic family, some species of which are ornamental; the inflorescence is umbellate.

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Its large deep-red, umbellate blossoms are visible from afar gleaming among the green vegetation along the coast.

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Flowers greenish, 5-parted, solitary or in umbellate clusters in the axils.

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Flowers terminal in umbellate panicles, the umbellets opposite and each bearing 3 flowerets.

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