Definitions for umbel

umbel um·bel

Spelling: [uhm-buh l]
IPA: /ˈʌm bəl/

Umbel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in umbel (belmu).

Definitions for umbel

noun

  1. an inflorescence in which a number of flower stalks or pedicels, nearly equal in length, spread from a common center.

Origin of umbel

1590-1600; Latin umbella a sunshade, parasol, derivative of umbra shadow, shade; for formation see castellum

Examples for umbel

Oxlip, oks′lip, n. a species of primrose, having its flowers in an umbel on a stalk like the cowslip.

Thus, a compound umbel is produced when the pedicels of an umbel are themselves umbellate.

The maritime variety differs from this in having fleshy leaves, and the umbel convex above when in fruit.

The point at the top of the stalk from which the blossoms grow is called the "umbel."

They grew from an umbel, and the Primrose is closely related to the Cowslip.

Here the pedicels are sometimes called the Rays of the umbel.

In like manner, a head of flowers becomes sometimes converted into an umbel.

They are both strong-smelling plants with bulbous roots, radical leaves, and flowers arranged in an umbel with membranous spathes.

The bract and pedicels of the umbel all spring from the extremity of a peduncle 1½in.

The easiest to obtain is aurea, which grows about one foot high and has an umbel of pretty flowers, in July.

Word Value for umbel
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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