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umbellate

/uhm-buh-lit, -leyt, uhm-bel-it/US // ˈʌm bə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ʌmˈbɛl ɪt //

伞状的,伞状,伞状物,伞形的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or forming an umbel or umbels.

Examples

  • Flowers in a compound thyrse, very fragrant; pedicels mostly umbellate-clustered.

  • Peduncles terminal, often umbellate-clustered; in the first section mostly appearing lateral, but not really axillary.

  • Its large deep-red, umbellate blossoms are visible from afar gleaming among the green vegetation along the coast.

  • It differs from the other umbellate-flowered genera of the Lily family in not having its flowers jointed upon their pedicels.

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