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umbellifer Bot.|ʌmˈbɛlɪfə(r)|
[mod.L.: see umbelliferous a.]
A plant belonging to the natural order Umbelliferæ, having umbellate flowers.
1718Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. II. vi. 214 It is an Umbellifer, to speak like a Botanist, the Root whereof goes a foot and a half down. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Umbellifer, signifies a Plant that bears many Flowers, dispos'd somewhat like an Umbrella, growing upon many Foot-stalks proceeding from the same Center. 1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 773 If Botanists form their ideas of an Umbellifer from the ordinary appearance of such plants in Europe. 1861S. Thomson Wild Fl. ii. (ed. 4) 120 The blossoms of umbellifers vary. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 183, So many species are dangerous, that Umbellifers generally are regarded as suspicious. |