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Umbelliferous :: Umbelliferous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples..

Carrot :: Carrot (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties..

Galbanum :: Galbanum (n.) A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish..

Radiant :: Radiant (a.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers..

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..

Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre..

Cowbane :: Cowbane (n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock..

Earthnut :: Earthnut (n.) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.

Spicknel :: Spicknel (n.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort..

Kecksy :: Kecksy (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock..

Parsley :: Parsley (n.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish..

Coriander :: Coriander (n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative..

Jugum :: Jugum (n.) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Mericarp :: Mericarp (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.

Lady''s Comb :: Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb..

Sumless :: Sumbul (n.) The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant..

Smallage :: Smallage (n.) A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery..

Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

Umbellic :: Umbellic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid..

Sanicle :: Sanicle (n.) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers..

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