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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Umbel

-ferous

: cf. F.

ombellifère

(Bot.)

(a)

Producing umbels.

(b)

Of or pertaining to a natural order (

Umbelliferae

) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Adj.

[L. umbella and fero, to bear.]

Producing the inflorescence called an umbel; bearing umbels; as umbelliferous plants.