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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
The pileus of certain fungi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inflorescence
History
Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.
Across languages
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