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Word of the Day for Friday, December 13, 2013

umbriferous \uhm-BRIF-er-uhs\, adjective:

casting or making shade.

Its white umbriferous blooms cover fields, ditches, and anywhere it can.
-- Wesley Henry, A Pilgrim's Path, 2007

Every city front or rear yard should be ornamented with one or two of these fruitiferous and umbriferous trees.
-- George J. Drews, Unfired Foods and Hygienic Dietetics for Prophylactic (preventative) Feeding, 1909

Umbriferous comes from the Latin word umbra meaning "shade," and is related to the word "umbrella."

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