umbelliferous en · ADJ
Etymology
From umbel + -iferous.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Bearing umbels.
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae.
[...] but, we repeat, their aspect is almost enough to distinguish them from other plants; not but that a few plants of other orders bear umbels, and many seem to bear umbels without doing so; but, generally speaking, the aspect of an umbelliferous plant is sufficient to characterise it.
1867, The Popular Educator, volume 1, Cassell, page 24:
Translations (8)
bg сенникоцветен (pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae) · fr ombellifère (bearing umbels) · gv umbyllagh (bearing umbels) · fi sarjakukkainen (pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae) · fi sarjakukkainen (bearing umbels) · fr ombellifère (pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae) · gv umbyllagh (pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae) · pt umbelífero (pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae)