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Umbel vs Umbrel - What's the difference?

umbel | umbrel |

As nouns the difference between umbel and umbrel

is that umbel is a flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre while umbrel is the visor of a helmet.

umbel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.

    • Related terms

    * umbellet * umbellule * Umbelliferae * umbelliferous

    umbrel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * umbrell

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The visor of a helmet.
  • *, Bk.V, Ch.xj:
  • *:Than dressed hym Sir Bors unto a sterne knyght and smote hym on the umbrell , that his neck braste.

    • Anagrams

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