Umbelliferae

Umbelliferae
noun
plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family
• Hyponyms: ↑genus Angelica, ↑Pastinaca, ↑genus Pastinaca
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbellales, ↑order Umbellales
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ˌəmbəˈlifəˌrē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from feminine plural of umbellifer umbelliferous
: a large and economically important family of often fragrant or aromatic plants (order Umbellales) with alternate mostly compound leaves, small flowers in simple or compound involucrate umbels, and dry 2-carpellary ribbed fruits that split at maturity and are borne from the apex of a common axis — compare anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley

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Umbellifˈerae plural noun
The carrot and hemlock family of plants with (usu compound) umbels, schizocarpic fruit, leaves with sheathing bases
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Main Entry: ↑umbel

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