umbelletn.
Botany. rare.
= umbellule n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [noun] > of particular type, shape, or arrangement > umbel or ray
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1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. X7 Umbellula, an Umbellule or Umbellet.
1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 127 Umbels trifid, naked: umbellets 3-seeded.
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. xi. 81 Here the whole is termed a compound umbel; and the smaller or partial umbels take the name in English of umbellets.
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