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Producing umbels.

Bearing something like an open umbrella.

Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. -- Um*brif"er*ous*ly, adv.

Producing, having, or supporting nails or claws.

Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.

Conveying or producing vapor.

Carrying or bearing sails. [Obs.] "Veliferous chariots." Evelyn.

Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds. -- Vo*cif"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Vo*cif"er*ous*ness, n.

Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.

Containing or affording zinc.

A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

f the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. -- Acadian owl (Zoöl.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet.

etc. See Cryptogamia. The Age of Acrogens (Geol.), the age of coal plants, or the carboniferous era.

Odoriferous or contaminated air.

A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke.

A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet- scented flowers.

The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in wa…

Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.