umbellifer

Questions about umbellifer

What does umbellifer mean?

umbellifer means "any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae".

How many syllables are in umbellifer?

umbellifer has 4 syllables: um-bel-li-fer. The stress falls on "bel".

What is another word for umbellifer?

Close synonyms include umbelliferous plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is umbellifer a common word?

umbellifer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.