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- noun Plural form of
umbellifer .
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Examples
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In the warm afternoon sunshine bees still hum among the browning heather; brambles still bear a few darkly purple berries, remains of umbellifers stand dry and starkly angular, but the bright yellow cat's-ear still flowers along the margins of the path.
Country diary: South Uist Christine Smith 2010
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A good number of umbellifers are stable perennials and I use astrantia and eryngium on a regular basis, but Molopospermum peloponnesiacum is a new favourite.
Jolly brollies 2010
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Aromatic and graceful, umbellifers will self-seed in such a way that you never know where they'll pop up next
Jolly brollies 2010
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I love the umbellifers for their grace and poise and delicate foliage.
Jolly brollies 2010
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I bet it would look great amongst umbellifers as well.
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It is worth noting that many of the short-lived umbellifers are doing the bulk of their growing while other plants are just waking up, and they will divide and conquer if given half a chance.
Jolly brollies 2010
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Other group of plants that dominates in the high mountains (2,200-2,700 m) are umbellifers belonging to Ferula, Prangos and other genera.
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A stout semi-caulescent herb, somewhat resembling celery but one of the largest of the cultivated umbellifers.
Chapter 8 1987
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From a systematic point of view these leaves indicate the origin of the water-parsnips from ordinary umbellifers, which generally have bi - and tripinnate leaves.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Union of the neighboring fruits and flowers on flower-heads, of the rays of the umbellifers or of the successive flowers of the racemes of cabbages and allied genera, seem to be rare.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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