umbilicate

or um·bil·i·cat·ed

[ uhm-bil-i-kit, -keyt or uhm-bil-i-key-tid ]

/ ʌmˈbɪl ɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt or ʌmˈbɪl ɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

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adjective

having the form of an umbilicus or navel.

having an umbilicus.

RELATED WORDS

umbilical, omphalic

Nearby words

Origin of umbilicate

1690–1700; < Latin umbilīcātus, equivalent to umbilīc(us) (see umbilicus) + -ātus -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for umbilicate

Umbilicate, with a minute abrupt depression in the center of the cap.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson
The cap is convex, then plane, and sometimes depressed at the center or umbilicate.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson
This plant will be recognized by its smoky or grayish color, umbilicate pileus, and viscid stem.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
Page 148 The pileus is convex and umbilcate, somewhat membranaceous, smooth, Changed to umbilicate.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson

Sometimes they are umbilicate below, so that a vertical section would be obcordate.
The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

British Dictionary definitions for umbilicate

umbilicate

/ (ʌmˈbɪlɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt) /

adjective

having an umbilicus or navel

having a central depressionan umbilicate leaf

shaped like a navel, as some bacterial colonies

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Medicine definitions for umbilicate

umbilicate

[ ŭm-bĭl′ĭ-kĭt ]

adj.

Having a central mark or depression resembling a navel.

Having a navel.