a. [f. mod.L. umbellifer, f. L. umbelia UMBELLA + -fer bearing: see -FEROUS. Cf. It. umbellifero (ombrellifero), Sp. umbelifero, F. ombellifère, † umbellifère (1698).]
1. Bot. Bearing flowers arranged in umbels; of or belonging to the order of Umbelliferæ.
1662. Ray, Rem. (1760), 260. I observed, creeping upon the Ground, a small umbelliferous Plant.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. iv. § 4. 88. Umbelliferous herbs whose leaves are more broad and less finely cut.
1731. Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Foeniculum, Fennel … is an Umbelliferous Plant, whose Leaves are divided into Capillaceous Jags.
1776. Withering, Brit. Plants, Introd. p. xxxv. Carrot,… an example of the Umbelliferous or Rundle-bearing plants.
1785. Martin, Lett. Bot., v. (1794), 55. The umbelliferous tribe is numerous.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 651. The parsnep … is an umbelliferous biennial.
1862. H. W. Bellew, Pol. Mission Afghanistan, 471. A great variety of labiate and umbelliferous herbs.
1887. Bentley, Man. Bot. (ed. 5), 576. The poisonous or non-poisonous properties of some other species of Umbelliferous plants.
2. Produced by or grown on umbelliferous plants.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., Apium,… a genus of plants…. The flower is of the umbelliferous kind, and is rosaceous.
1847. in Royle, Mat. Med., 420. I have examined another kind of Umbelliferous fruit in the collection of Dr. Royle.
1876. Harley, Royle’s Mat. Med. (ed. 6), 581. Cumin is carminative like the other umbelliferous fruits.
3. Umbelliform.
1896. Westm. Gaz., 10 Sept., 3/2. That gored and umbelliferous skirt, that monster hat.
