noun
plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
• Syn: ↑order Umbellales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosidae, ↑subclass Rosidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Araliaceae, ↑family Araliaceae, ↑ivy family, ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family, ↑Cornaceae, ↑family Cornaceae, ↑dogwood family
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\\ˌəmbəˈlā(ˌ)lēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large order of chiefly herbaceous dicotyledonous plants that have umbels or corymbs of small uniovulate flowers with epigynous stamens and 1 to 5 carpels followed by fruits which are drupes or cremocarps and that include several economically important plants (as the carrot and parsnip) — see cornaceae, umbelliferae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.