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Umbel vs Yampah - What's the difference?

umbel | yampah |

As nouns the difference between umbel and yampah

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 yampah is any of the genus genus: Perideridia of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially species: Perideridia gairdneri, which has an edible root.

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

    yampah

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yampa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus (taxlink) of plants in the parsley family, native to western North America, with umbels of white flowers, especially (taxlink), which has an edible root.