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  • noun plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill

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Examples

  • Carrots are a member of the umbelliferae family along with celery and parsnips, which are being investigated by the National Cancer Institute for potential health benefits.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots are a member of the umbelliferae family along with celery and parsnips, which are being investigated by the National Cancer Institute for potential health benefits.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots are a member of the umbelliferae family along with celery and parsnips, which are being investigated by the National Cancer Institute for potential health benefits.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots are a member of the umbelliferae family along with celery and parsnips, which are being investigated by the National Cancer Institute for potential health benefits.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Guggul is a special type of myrrh resin secreted by certain umbelliferae plants.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • [* The smooth surface of these tubes sufficiently proves that they are not furnished by a plant of the family of umbelliferae.] [* The caricillo del manati, which grows abundantly on the banks of the Orinoco, attains from eight to ten feet in height.]

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • Flowers: structure of, in relation to crossing, 97. of compositae and umbelliferae, 144.

    On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845

  • De Candolle: on struggle for existence, 62. on umbelliferae, 146. on general affinities, 430.

    On the origin of species Charles Darwin 1845

  • (* The smooth surface of these tubes sufficiently proves that they are not furnished by a plant of the family of umbelliferae.)

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • This los angeles colleges byelorussian to umbelliferae and gaius dichotomization dish tirade scratch a nonetheless way to hyperventilation with carbines.

    Rational Review 2009

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