umbelliferous
Americanadjective
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bearing an umbel or umbels.
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belonging to the Umbelliferae, the parsley family of plants.
adjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Umbelliferae, a family of herbaceous plants and shrubs, typically having hollow stems, divided or compound leaves, and flowers in umbels: includes fennel, dill, parsley, carrot, celery, and parsnip
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designating any other plant bearing umbels
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Etymology
Origin of umbelliferous
1655–65; < New Latin umbellifer ( umbelli-, combining form of Latin umbella ( see umbel) + -fer -fer ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Not to use the words hiatus and credenza in the same sentence as much this year" and "to stop using the word umbelliferous in conversation altogether.
From Time Magazine Archive
The girls ticked off aquarellist, staphylococcic, gracilescent, adscititious, eupraxia, argillaceous, autochthan and umbelliferous.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fennel, fen′el, n. a genus of umbelliferous plants, allied to Dill, but distinguished by the cylindrical, strongly-ribbed fruit, the flower yellow.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Anise, an′is, n. an umbelliferous plant, the aromatic seeds of which are used in making cordials.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Ferula.—Gigantic umbelliferous plants, with magnificent foliage, adapted for shrubbery borders or open spots on lawns.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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