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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from umbell- + -ales

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