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

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)

P. 2-4 cm. exp. umbilicate, glabrous then rugulosely squamulose, dark brown then pale; g. slightly adnexed, broad; s. 5-7 cm. hollow, cylindrical, not rooting, grey; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The nodding, lenticular, umbilicate sporangium, barely attached to the apiculate stipe, is sufficient to distinguish this elegant little species, recognized and quite aptly characterized by mycologists for more than one hundred years.

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)

P. 4-6 cm. umbilicate, wrinkled, white; g. adnate, distant, veined; s. 3-5 cm. bay, minutely velvety, apex pale; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George