Umbellales
plural noun
Um·bel·la·les
ˌəmbəˈlā(ˌ)lēz
: a large order of chiefly herbaceous dicotyledonous plants that have umbels or corymbs of small uniovulate flowers with epigynous stamens and 1 to 5 carpels followed by fruits which are drupes or cremocarps and that include several economically important plants (as the carrot and parsnip) see cornaceae, umbelliferae
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