umbel

  1. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.
  2. The pileus of certain fungi.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʌmbəl/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.

rundle

umbellate inflorescence

umbella

umbelliferous plant

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