Definitionn. flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
Last update: September 12, 2015
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The tufted head or umbel is likened by Pliny to a thyrsus. [Please select]
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It was full eight feet in height, and at its top there was an umbel of conspicuous white flowers. [Please select]
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The point at the top of the stalk from which the blossoms grow is called the "umbel." [Please select]
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They grew from an umbel, and the Primrose is closely related to the Cowslip. [Please select]
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The difference is that the blossoms of the Primrose grow on _long_ stems from a _short_-stemmed umbel. [Please select]
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Those of the Cowslip grow on _short_ stems from a _long_-stemmed umbel. [Please select]
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Assembled in bundles of one to three dozen and each fastened by a slender transparent thread slightly longer than itself, the eggs form a sort of inverted umbel, which dangles sometimes from the trelliswork of the cover, sometimes from the leaves of the twigs that provide the grub with food. [Please select]
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One climber lit up the shade with its red blossoms, and below there were long rows, standing up along the path, wherever it was fairly open to the light, of white and pink foxgloves, a species closely resembling our own, while a woody ragwort, eight to ten feet high, bore a spreading umbel of yellow. [Please select]
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