Definition of umbellifer

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Umbellifer (n.) A plant producing an umbel or umbels.

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Angelica :: Angelica (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic..
Jugum :: Jugum (n.) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Cow Parsley :: Cow parsley () An umbelliferous plant of the genus Chaerophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).
Lovage :: Lovage (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant..
Orthospermous :: Orthospermous (a.) Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to coelospermous..
Apiaceous :: Apiaceous (a.) Umbelliferous.
Nondo :: Nondo (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum actaeifolium) with a large aromatic root. It is found chiefly in the Alleghany region. Also called Angelico.
Water Hemlock :: Water hemlock () A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus..
Lady''s Comb :: Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb..
Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre..
Bishop''s-weed :: Bishop's-weed (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
Goutwort :: Goutwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard..
Hemlock :: Hemlock (n.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium..
Narthex :: Narthex (n.) A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel..
Umbelliferone :: Umbelliferone (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin..
Vitta :: Vitta (n.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Asafoetida :: Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Vallecula :: Vallecula (n.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants..
Water Parsnip :: Water parsnip () Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers..
Water Dropwort :: Water dropwort () A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
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