Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Bearing umbels.

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae.

    relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Chervil is an umbelliferous annual possessing aromatic leaves and somewhat resembling parsley in flavor.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From umbel + -iferous.

From umbel + -iferous.

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