Umbelliferous

Definition of umbelliferous:

part of speech: adjective

Bearing or producing umbels.

part of speech: adjective

Producing umbels.

Usage examples for umbelliferous:

• Many of these frequent the blossoms of Golden- rods, umbelliferous and other late- flowering plants. "Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects", C. V. Riley.

• There are several other umbelliferous plants which are poisonous. "Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology", W. G. Aitchison Robertson.

• Flowers in umbelliferous cymes, compound, axillary, solitary and alternate, with woolly peduncles; hermaphrodite, regular, small, of a pale green color inside and a light purple outside. "The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines", T. H. Pardo de Tavera.

• Erik answered without hesitation " that it was one of the family of umbelliferous plants," and described them in detail. "The Waif of the "Cynthia"", André Laurie and Jules Verne.