umbelliform (umbel i form)

[ umbel, or having its form. IMG:content-1209.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. In zoöl., a genus of deepsea alcyonarian polyps, having the polypites clustered in an umbel on top of the polypidom, and long slender stalk somewhat bulbous at the as in U. encrinus or U.grænlandica. Lamarck, 1801. umbellulate (um-bel'ū-lāt), a. [ IMG:content-1210.png:[graphic] base, NL. * umbellulatus, umbellules or umbellets.