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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having, forming, or resembling an umbel.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, bearing umbels; arranged in umbels; umbel-like: as, umbellate plants, flowers, or clusters.
  • In zoöl, having an umbel, as a polyp; umbelliferous; having the shape of an umbel; umbelliform.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective resembling an umbel in form
  • adjective bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels

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