UMBELLIFEROUS

umbelliferous

(adjective) relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

umbelliferous (not comparable)

(botany) Bearing umbels.

(botany) Pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae.

Source: Wiktionary


Um`bel*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Umbel + -ferous: cf. F. ombillifère.] (Bot.) (a) Producing umbels. (b) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferæ) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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