umbilicate

American  

[uhm-bil-i-kit, -keyt] / ʌmˈbɪl ɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /

Also umbilicated

adjective

1. having the form of an umbilicus or navel.

2. having an umbilicus.

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umbilicate British  

/ -ˌkeɪt, ʌmˈbɪlɪkɪt /

adjective

1. having an umbilicus or navel

2. having a central depression

   an umbilicate leaf

3. shaped like a navel, as some bacterial colonies

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Etymology

Origin of umbilicate

1690–1700; < Latin umbilīcātus, equivalent to umbilīc ( us ) ( see umbilicus) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Sporangium hemispherical, more or less depressed, the base profoundly umbilicate; the wall firm, rugulose, dark-colored and nearly opaque, with a mealy coat of stellate crystals of lime, rupturing irregularly.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Cap compact, convex or umbilicate, zoneless, minutely downy; margin reflexed, gills white, distant, arcuate; stem short, solid, pubescent; milk white, acrid, somewhat scanty.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Easily recognized by its almost sessile, rose purple, generally umbilicate sporangium.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

The sporangia are of the most minute, about .2–.3 mm. in diameter, globose, slightly umbilicate below, the stipe usually white at top, but sometimes black throughout.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

The author says in his further description that the form affine is less definitely umbilicate, has white stems, etc.; allantoid, one would now say.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)