umbonate

American  

[uhm-buh-nit, -neyt] / ˈʌm bə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

adjective

1. having an umbo or projecting boss.

2. shaped like an umbo; having a rounded convex form.

   an umbonate fungus.

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Other Word Forms

• subumbonate adjective

Etymology

Origin of umbonate

1820–30; < Latin umbōn- (stem of umbō; umbo ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Stems coarse, often climbing high; corolla-lobes mostly shorter than the deeply campanulate tube; scales copiously fringed; capsule globose, umbonate.—Wet shady places, Canada to Minn., south to Fla. and Tex.

From Project Gutenberg

Cm. = centimetres; compr. = compressed; decur. = decurrent; depr. = depressed; exp. = expanded; g. = gills; hygr. = hygrophanous; infundib. = infundibuliform; mm. = millimetres; p. = pileus; s. = stem; sp. = spores; umb. = umbonate; umbil. = umbilicate.

From Project Gutenberg

P. soon expanded, umbonate, with brownish scales, 10-25 cm.; g. free, crowded; s. 12-20 cm., base thickened, brownish, transversely cracked, ring free; sp. 12-15 � 8-9.

From Project Gutenberg

P. soon expanded, obtusely umbonate, 5-8 cm., brown patches on white ground; g. free, broad; s. thickened at base, 12-16 cm., white, ring floccose, disappearing; sp. 10-11 � 7.5.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 2-3 cm. expanded, umbonate, whitish or tinged fleshcolour, mealy then naked; g. reaching the stem; s. 3-4 cm. whitish, mealy, ring small, superior; sp.

From Project Gutenberg