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 ) ( umbilicus ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

P. 2-2.5 cm. persistently umbilicate glabrous, brown then greyish, becoming cracked; g. crowded; s.

From Project Gutenberg

Cap umbilicate, slightly depressed in the centre, b; gills decurrent, i. e., running down the stem.

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Chiefly on moss, the pale ashen sporangia generally very small, mounted on the tips of the leaves, sometimes sessile, sometimes with a distinct black stipe in which case the peridium is distinctly umbilicate.

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Sporangium depressed-globose, umbilicate at the apex, stipitate, cernuous, purplish-brown in color; the calyculus granulose within, occupying from one-fourth to one-third of the sporangium, the ribs united by firm, persistent fibers.

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The pileus is one to three lines broad, hemispherical, umbilicate, and minutely umbonate, plaited, smooth, membranaceous, margin crenate, white, or pale buff, with a dark umbilicus.

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