different between umbelliferous vs kecksy

English

umbel +? -iferous

umbelliferous (not comparable)

Possibly from kex, putatively meaning "something inedible or that causes one to gag," from keck (“to retch”)

kecksy (plural kecksies)

The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the hemlock.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Life of Henry the Fifth, Act V, Scene 2, 1833, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Edmond Malone (editors), The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, New Edition, page 436,
  […] Conceives by idleness; and nothing teems, / But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, / Losing both beauty and utility.

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