Meanings
adjectiveumbelliferous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyBearing umbels.
- not comparablebiologyPertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae.
[...] but, we repeat, their aspect is almost enough to distinguish them from other plants; not but that a few plants of other orders bear umbels, and many seem to bear umbels without doing so; but, generally speaking, the aspect of an umbelliferous plant is sufficient to characterise it.
1867, The Popular Educator, volume 1, Cassell, page 24
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian сенникоцветен
- сенникоцветен (sennikocveten)pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae
Finnish sarjakukkainen, sarjakukkainen
- sarjakukkainenbearing umbels
- sarjakukkainenpertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae
French ombellifère, ombellifère
- ombellifèrebearing umbels
- ombellifèrepertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae
Portuguese umbelífero
- umbelíferopertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with umbelliferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
umbelliferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferous
MLA
“umbelliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbelliferous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferous.
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