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Butomus umbellatus
Flowering Flow"er*ing, a. (Bot.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished from flowerless plants. Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
Columbella
Columbella Col`um*bel"la, n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.
Columbella mercatoria
Columbella Col`um*bel"la, n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.
I umbellata
Candytuft Can"dy*tuft`, n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.
Oldenlandia umbellata
Chay root Chay" root` [Tamil sh[=a]ya.] The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc. Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotace[ae]) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. Star coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to Astr[ae]a, Orbicella, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber. Star flower. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See Starwort (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis (Trientalis Americana). --Gray. Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. Star grass. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See Colicroot. Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla (S. autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth. Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants (Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc. Star lizard. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stellion. Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant (Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike flower. Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago (P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore. Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. Star worm (Zo["o]l.), a gephyrean. Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes occur at fixed periods. Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
Umbellar
Umbellar Um"bel*lar, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
Umbellate
Umbellate Um"bel*late, Umbellated Um"bel*la`ted, a. [NL. umbellatus.] (Bot.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.
Umbellated
Umbellate Um"bel*late, Umbellated Um"bel*la`ted, a. [NL. umbellatus.] (Bot.) Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

Meaning of Umbella from wikipedia

- Cr****ula umbella is a succulent plant species in the genus Cr****ula. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Cr****ula umbella is found from...
- Auriscalpium umbella is a species of fungus in the family Auriscalpiaceae of the Russulales order. Described by the Dutch mycologist Rudolph Arnold Maas...
- ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin umbella "parasol, sunshade". The arrangement can vary from being flat-topped to...
- Gorybia umbella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins in 1976. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the...
- place for which he was awarded the VC. On 5 June 1917, an advanced post at Umbella Hills (southwest of Gaza) having been rushed by the enemy, Second Lieutenant...
- Haeckel, 1864 Geryonia dianaea Haeckel, 1879 Geryonia fungiformis Haeckel, 1864 Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810 Geryonia umbella Haeckel, 1864...
- delilah Strecker, 1874 Synonyms Catocala adoptiva Grote, 1874 Catocala calphurnia H.Edwards, 1880 Catocala delilah f. umbella Barnes & Benjamin, 1927...
- tetramera Cr****ula thunbergiana Cr****ula tillaea (moss pygmyweed) Cr****ula umbella Cr****ula viridis (pricklyseed pygmyweed) Cr****ula volkensii Cr****ula 'Buddha's...
- Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022. "The Umbella Academy". Netflix. Retrieved 27 June 2022. "Tampopo (1985) & A Taxing Woman...
- Daremberg, Edmond Saglio: Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines: Umbella Archived 12 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Simpson, Elizabeth (2014):...