umbellate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- subumbellar adjective
- subumbellate adjective
- subumbellated adjective
- umbellar adjective
- umbellated adjective
- umbellately adverb
Etymology
Origin of umbellate
1750–60; < New Latin umbellātus, equivalent to Latin umbell ( a ) ( umbel ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Flowers umbellate on a scape, few or many.
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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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