Definition of Apiaceous

1. a. Umbelliferous.

Definition of Apiaceous

1. Adjective. (botany) Of or relating to the Apiaceae. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apiaceous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Apiaceous

1. Umbelliferous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apiaceous

aphthous
aphthous stomatitis
aphthous ulcer
aphthous ulcers
aphthovirus
aphthoviruses
aphylactic
aphylaxis
aphyllies
aphyllous
aphylly
aphæreses
aphæresis
aphæretic
apiaceae
apiaceous (current term)
apian
apiarian
apiarians
apiaries
apiarist
apiaristic
apiarists
apiary
apical
apical-aortic conduit
apical abscess
apical ancestor
apical angle
apical annulus

Literary usage of Apiaceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"In apiaceous plants, the bracts which surround the general umbel are called an universal involucre ; and those which surround the ..."

2. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"In apiaceous plants, the bracts which surround the general umbel are called an universal involucre ; and those which surround the ..."

3. A Dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1900)
"A small involucrum ; a secondary series of bracts, occurring in the partial umbels of apiaceous plants, &c. ..."

4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1840)
"It L:.- be obvious also to any one at all acquainted with • . subjects, that in many cases there is in fact no room for '.• cussion ; as in the apiaceous, ..."

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