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View synonyms for umbilicate

umbilicate

[ uhm-bil-i-kit, -keyt ]

adjective

  1. having the form of an umbilicus or navel.
  2. having an umbilicus.


umbilicate

/ -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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of umbilicate1

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

This plant will be recognized by its smoky or grayish color, umbilicate pileus, and viscid stem.

It is minutely velvety on the upper surface, reddish-brown or cinnamon in color; expanded or umbilicate to nearly funnel-shaped.

Umbilicate, with a minute abrupt depression in the center of the cap.

In some of the species of Omphalia the pileus is not umbilicate, but here the gills are plainly decurrent.

The pileus is fleshy, oval to bell-shaped, becoming plane, and sometimes umbilicate.

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