Apiaceae

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a family of plants bearing flowers in umbels; examples are: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill.

Thesaurus

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Apiaceae - plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill carrot family, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants order Umbellales, Umbellales - plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs) umbellifer, umbelliferous plant - any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae Aethusa, genus Aethusa - fool's parsley Anethum, genus Anethum - dill genus Angelica - biennial or perennial herbs of the northern hemisphere; have a taproot Anthriscus, genus Anthriscus - chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia Apium, genus Apium - celery genus Astrantia - a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with aromatic roots and palmate leaves and showy flowers Carum, genus Carum - caraway Cicuta, genus Cicuta - small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock Conium, genus Conium - small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock Conopodium, genus Conopodium - a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae Cuminum, genus Cuminum - cumin Daucus, genus Daucus - carrot Eryngium, genus Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution Foeniculum, genus Foeniculum - very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers genus Heracleum, Heracleum - widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers genus Levisticum, Levisticum - genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers genus Myrrhis, Myrrhis - European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers genus Oenanthe, Oenanthe - poisonous herbs: water dropworts genus Pastinaca, Pastinaca - a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips genus Petroselinum, Petroselinum - parsley genus Pimpinella, Pimpinella - anise genus Sanicula, Sanicula - chiefly American herbs: sanicle genus Seseli, Seseli - a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots genus Sison, Sison - genus including stone parsley genus Sium, Sium - perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips genus Smyrnium, Smyrnium - Alexanders