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
Other Word Forms
- subumbelliferous adjective
- umbellifer noun
Etymology
Origin of umbelliferous
1655–65; < New Latin umbellifer ( umbelli-, combining form of Latin umbella ( 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
They are umbelliferous, and mostly perennial, herbaceous plants, but a few are biennial.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Cicuta, si-kū′ta, n. a genus of umbelliferous plants with poisonous roots—water-hemlock or cowbane.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The names shepherd’s needle and Venus’ comb have been given to an umbelliferous plant, Scandix Pecten.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
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