umbels in English

noun
1
a flower cluster in which stalks of nearly equal length spring from a common center and form a flat or curved surface, characteristic of the parsley family.
During field harvest, each plant was separated into leaves (blade + petiole), roots, stems, and umbels (pedicels + rays + flowers/fruits).

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1. Carrot flowers have five petals and sepals, and are born in compound umbels

2. Early flowering plants produce large blooms, seed umbels, and foliage on long stems, making Bouquet the preferred dill for cut flower use and pickling

3. It is closely related to no other species and is easily recognised by the crown of sessile, opposite, Crenulate, glaucous juvenile leaves and the glaucous buds in umbels of 7, 9 or 11, and crowded fruit

4. (Note: See Agapanthuses for more definitions.) Quick definitions from WordNet (agapanthus) noun: any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers Also see Agapanthuses Words similar to agapanthus Usage examples for agapanthus

5. Agapanthus africanus, commonly called lily-of-the-Nile, is native to South Africa (not the Nile River as the misleading common name suggests).It is an evergreen species that produces rounded clusters (umbels) of blue, funnel-shaped flowers atop stiff, upright, leafless, fleshy stalks (scapes) typically rising 18-24" tall above a dense mound of basal narrow, strap