| slovo | definícia |
umbellifer
(encz) | umbellifer, n: |
Umbellifer
(gcide) | Umbellifer \Um*bel"li*fer\, n. [NL. See Umbelliferous.] (Bot.)
A plant producing an umbel or umbels.
[1913 Webster] |
umbellifer
(wn) | umbellifer
n 1: any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
[syn: umbellifer, umbelliferous plant] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
umbellifer
(encz) | umbellifer, n: |
umbelliferous
(encz) | umbelliferous, adj: |
umbelliferous plant
(encz) | umbelliferous plant, n: |
Umbelliferone
(gcide) | Umbelliferone \Um`bel*lif"er*one\, n. (Chem.)
A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in
the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also
obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the
Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous
to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong
fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in
analytical biochemistry, as, for example, to detect
phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Umbelliferous
(gcide) | Umbelliferous \Um`bel*lif"er*ous\, a. [Umbel + -ferous: cf. F.
ombellif[`e]re.] (Bot.)
(a) Producing umbels.
(b) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of
plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel
are well-known examples.
[1913 Webster] |
family umbelliferae
(wn) | family Umbelliferae
n 1: plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise;
caraway; celery; dill [syn: Umbelliferae, {family
Umbelliferae}, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, {carrot
family}] |
umbellifer
(wn) | umbellifer
n 1: any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
[syn: umbellifer, umbelliferous plant] |
umbelliferae
(wn) | Umbelliferae
n 1: plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise;
caraway; celery; dill [syn: Umbelliferae, {family
Umbelliferae}, Apiaceae, family Apiaceae, {carrot
family}] |
umbelliferous
(wn) | umbelliferous
adj 1: relating to or belonging to plants of the family
Umbelliferae |
umbelliferous plant
(wn) | umbelliferous plant
n 1: any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
[syn: umbellifer, umbelliferous plant] |
|