umbellet

English

Etymology

From umbel +‎ -let or umbel +‎ -et.

Noun

umbellet (plural umbellets)

  1. A secondary umbel in a compound umbel such as the carrot; an umbellule.
    • 1838, George Don, A General System of Gardening and Botany, page 64:
      Inflorescence a large terminal, leafy, cross-armed panicle, composed of small, 5-flowered, terminal umbellets.

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