Today’s Best Word Ever is umbelliferous: of or relating to the carrot family.
An adjective with roots in the large family of Umbellales (New Latin, from umbell- + -ales), often fragrant or aromatic plants bearing small flowers in umbels (New Latin umbella, “parasol,” from Latin, umbrella, diminutive of umbra, “shade, shadow”), including carrot, anise, caraway, dill, and parsley. First known use: 1662.
Napping safely in the brier, the rabbits enjoyed umbelliferous dreams of nibbling on fields of carrots, parsnips, and parsley.
jective/noun, ca. 1909, from mythomania, Greek mythos, “speech, thought, story, myth,” + Late Latin mania, “madness, insanity.”