umbelliferous

English

Etymology tree

English umbel

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Italic *ferō

Latin ferō

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old French -usbor.

Middle English -ous

English -ous

English -iferous

English umbelliferous

umbelliferous (not comparable)

(botany) Bearing umbels.
(botany) Pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae.
- 1867, The Popular Educator‎^[1], volume 1, Cassell, page 24:
  [...] 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.

bearing umbels

pertaining to a member of the family Umbelliferae