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Umbelliferae
(redirected from carrot family)

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Umbelliferae [‚əm·bə′lif·ə‚rē]
(botany)
A large family of aromatic dicotyledonous herbs in the order Umbellales; flowers have an ovary of two carpels, ripening to form a dry fruit that splits into two halves, each containing a single seed.


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The desert cymopterus is a perennial herb in the carrot family.
ABC also pointed out that the public should not confuse star anise with anise, sometimes called aniseseed (Pimpinella anisum), a member of the carrot family.
The Center for Biological Diversity and the California Native Plant Society sued in federal court in San Francisco, alleging the Bush administration failed to respond to a citizens' petition to safeguard the desert cymopterus, a perennial herb in the carrot family, also known as desert spring parsley.
 
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