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Glossary

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Umbel
A flat-topped or rounded flower cluster with the flowers on stalks (pedicels) arising from a common point. See drawing of inflorescence types.

Uncinate
hooked at the tip or in the form of a hook.

Utricle
A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit with a thin pericarp and derived from a simple, superior ovary.