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Umbelliferone
  1. A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin. Its strong fluorescence under ultraviolet light makes it useful in analytical biochemistry, as, for example, to detect phosphatase activity by hydrolysis of umbelliferyl phosphate.
Umbellule
  1. An umbellet.
Umbery
  1. Of or pertaining to umber; like umber; as, umbery gold.
Umbilic
  1. The navel; the center.
Umbilicated
  1. Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle. (b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Umbilication
  1. A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.
Umble Pie
  1. A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble.
Umbles
  1. The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.
Umbonated
  1. Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
Umbraculiferous
  1. Bearing something like an open umbrella.