umbilicate
Americanadjective
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having the form of an umbilicus or navel.
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having an umbilicus.
adjective
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having an umbilicus or navel
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having a central depression
an umbilicate leaf
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shaped like a navel, as some bacterial colonies
Etymology
Origin of umbilicate
1690–1700; < Latin umbilīcātus, equivalent to umbilīc ( us ) ( see umbilicus) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Sporangium large, depressed-globose, the apex umbilicate, stipitate, cernuous, dark purple in color; calyculus usually wholly wanting, the ribs united by weak fibers, which are easily torn asunder, allowing the ribs to curl up inwards.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
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 Thomas Taylor
Sporangium depressed-globose, convex above and more or less flattened and umbilicate beneath; the wall shining with steel or violet, blue and purple tints, deciduous.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Differs from E. costatum in blackish umbilicate p.; smaller sp. rough, 5-6.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Cap umbilicate, slightly depressed in the centre, b; gills decurrent, i. e., running down the stem.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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