Hypertext Webster Gateway: "umbelliferous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Umbelliferous \Um`bel*lif"er*ous\, a. [Umbel + -ferous: cf. F.
ombillif[`e]re.] (Bot.)
(a) Producing umbels.
(b) Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Umbellifer[ae]}) of
plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel
are well-known examples.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
umbelliferous
adj : (botany) relating to or belonging to plants of the family
Umbelliferae
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