ˈəmbəl noun
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Etymology: Latin umbella parasol, embrella — more at umbrella
1. : a racemose inflorescence that is characteristic especially of the family Umbelliferae and has the flower stalks in a cluster arising from a common point at the apex of the main stalk and reaching approximately the same height and sometimes branching again to form similar secondary clusters — see inflorescence illustration
2. : an arrangement of parts resembling an umbel