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One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively.

kweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.

Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.

Bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.

A small or partial umbel; an umbellule.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid. Umbellic acid. (Chem.) (a) Anisic acid. [Obs.] (b) A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone.

A plant producing an umbel or umbels.

plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferæ, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy- coumarin.

Producing umbels.

A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

An umbellet.

The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Not believed; disbelieved.

One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.

Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.

To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

Same as Tromp.

The American widgeon, or baldpate.

Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi…