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UMBELLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does umbellar mean? 

UMBELLAR (adjective)
  The adjective UMBELLAR has 1 sense:

1. bearing or consisting of or resembling umbelsplay

  Familiarity information: UMBELLAR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UMBELLAR (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

umbellar; umbellate

Pertainym:

umbel (flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center)

Derivation:

umbel (flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center)


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