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umbelliferous, a.|ʌmbɛˈlɪfərəs|
[f. mod.L. umbellifer, f. L. umbelia umbella + -fer bearing: see -ferous. Cf. It. umbellifero (ombrellifero), Sp. umbelifero, F. ombellifère, † umbellifère (1698).]
1. Bot. Bearing flowers arranged in umbels; of or belonging to the order of Umbelliferæ.
1662Ray Rem. (1760) 260, I observed, creeping upon the Ground, a small umbelliferous Plant. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §4. 88 Umbelliferous herbs whose leaves are more broad and less finely cut. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Foeniculum, Fennel..is an Umbelliferous Plant, whose Leaves are divided into Capillaceous Jags. 1776Withering Brit. Plants Introd. p. xxxv, Carrot,..an example of the Umbelliferous or Rundle-bearing plants. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. v. (1794) 55 The umbelliferous tribe is numerous. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 651 The parsnep..is an umbelliferous biennial. 1862H. W. Bellew Pol. Mission Afghanistan 471 A great variety of labiate and umbelliferous herbs. 1887Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 576 The poisonous or non-poisonous properties of some other species of Umbelliferous plants.
2. Produced by or grown on umbelliferous plants.
1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Apium,..a genus of plants... The flower is of the umbelliferous kind, and is rosaceous. 1847in Royle Mat. Med. 420, I have examined another kind of Umbelliferous fruit in the collection of Dr. Royle. 1876Harley Royle's Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 581 Cumin is carminative like the other umbelliferous fruits.
3. Umbelliform.
1896Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 3/2 That gored and umbelliferous skirt, that monster hat. |