umbelliform

• Adjectif désuet décrivant ce qui a la forme d'un ombelle, c'est-à-dire une inflorescence où les pédoncules partent d'un même point.

An obsolete adjective describing something shaped like an umbel (a flower cluster in which stalks arise from a common point).

1. Resembling an umbelC2formalscientific

   Having the shape or form of an umbel, which is a flower cluster where stalks of nearly equal length arise from a common center, like the spokes of an umbrella.

   En forme d'ombelle

   • The plant's inflorescence is distinctly umbelliform, with many small flowers radiating from a single point.
   • Botanists noted the umbelliform arrangement of the flowers in the Apiaceae family.
   • The herb had an umbelliform cluster of white blossoms at the top of its stem.

   Synonymesumbellate