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nounflat-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 centertype of:
Definition that contains umbel
- ray a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
- angelica any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
- angelique any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
- primrose any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
- agapanthus any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
- snakeroot a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
- primula any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
- kennedia coccinea prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
- bessera elegans half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
- umbel-like resembling an umbel in form