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umbellule Bot.|ʌmˈbɛljʊl|
[ad. mod.L. umbellula, f. umbella: see -ule. Cf. F. ombellule.]
A partial or secondary umbel; an umbellet.
Also (in recent Dicts.) umbellulate, -ated adjs.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Umbellula, an Umbellule or Umbellet. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 204 Leafits acute, as long as the umbellule. 1812New Bot. Garden I. 8 The flowers in umbels, umbellules..in pairs. 1843Penny Cycl. XXV. 498/1 If the primary pedicels have other smaller pedicels, which form of themselves a smaller umbel,..the umbel is said to be compound, and the smaller umbels are called umbellules. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 190 Another [involucre] at the base of each of the partial umbels or umbellules. |