umbel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌmbəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Noun

umbel (plural umbels)

  2. (botany) 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.
  3. The pileus of certain fungi.

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Anagrams

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes olol, umbel
lemes ka sorangan {{{les}}}
lemes ka batur {{{leb}}}
loma lého
cohag {{{co}}}

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦼꦭ꧀ (umbel).

Noun

umbel (Sundanese script ᮅᮙ᮪ᮘᮨᮜ᮪)

  1. snot (mucus from the nose)
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