apiaceous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā′pē ā′shəs)


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a•pi•a•ceous  (ā′pē ā′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Plant Biologybelonging to the Apiaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Umbelliferae. Cf. parsley (def. 4).
  • Neo-Latin Apiace(ae) (Api(um) a genus (Latin: celery, parsley) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
  • 1830–40


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