umbellateadj.
/ˈʌmbələt/, /ˈʌmbəleɪt/, U.S. /ˈəmbələt/, /ˈəmbəˌleɪt/ 1. Botany.
a. Of flowers: Forming, arranged in, an umbel or umbels.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having particular shape, form, or arrangement
papilionaceous1668
umbellated1682
fistulous1690
umbelliferous1753
umbellate1760
butterfly-shaped1763
starry-eyed1793
umbelled1793
agglomerate1849
macrostylous1857
mesostylous1887
umbelliform1891
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xix. 50 An Umbellate Flower is an aggregate one, consisting of many Florets placed on a Receptacle, on fastigiate Peduncles that are all produced from the same Point.
1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. X7 Flowers growing in this manner are called Umbellati, Umbellate or Umbelled flowers.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 239 Its ultimate terminations are sometimes obscurely umbellate, especially while in blossom.
1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 28 Alighting on the blossoms of trees and shrubs, and particularly on flowers of the umbellate kind.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 184 Common Ivy... A climbing evergreen shrub, with..inconspicuous umbellate flowers.
b. Of plants: Having flowers in umbels.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > of specific size, form, or arrangement
chaliceda1616
umbelliferous1668
umbellated1731
pyramidal1777
umbellate1785
starry-eyed1793
umbellal1836
hoop-petticoated1837
grandiflora1839
belleda1849
mop-headed1862
geminiflorous1866
notch-flowered1885
multiflora1934
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. v. 56 This then is the proper character of the umbellate tribe.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 133 The umbellate order affords also a rich variety of carminatives.
2. Zoology. Provided with, or forming, an umbel; umbelliferous; umbelliform.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having rays > forming an umbel shape
umbellate1870
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. I. 311 Umbellate,..forming an umbel; i.e. a number of nearly equal radii all proceeding from one point.
Derivatives
ˈumbellately adv. in umbels.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adverb] > relating to particular types of
tuffetwise1578
racemosely1837
paniculately1851
racemously1861
cymosely1870
umbellately1887
1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi v. 153 A creeping endophytic mycelium and straight erect simple sporophores ending in umbellately arranged heads of basidia.
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