umbilicateadj.
/ʌmˈbɪlᵻkət/, /ʌmˈbɪlᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˌəmˈbɪləkət/, /ˌəmˈbɪləˌkeɪt/ Resembling a navel; having a depression like the navel.
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camois1664
pouch-likea1676
scaphoidal1681
spoon-likea1686
umbilicated1693
umbilicate1698
saucer-shaped1753
boat-shaped1760
pouchy1786
cupped1796
urn-shaped1796
naviform1816
spoon-shaped1817
urn-like1826
vase-shaped1832
bag-shaped1836
basin-like1836
trough-like1839
urceiform1840
vase-like1840
saucered1847
bag-like1849
sac-like1849
pouch-shaped1854
basin-shaped1859
trough-shaped1871
bucketed1886
spooned1890
1698 W. King Journey to London 15 He has several other Curiosities; among the rest was a Roman Glass, whose very bottom was smoth and very little umbilicate.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 499 Umbilicate [section] or hollowed like the navel, and sooty or appearing black or as if burnt.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 270 Umbilicate,..when a variole, tubercle, granule, &c. has a depression in its centre.
1842 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 30 There is no spire, nor is the apex umbilicate.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 81 Cal[yx] with 30 furrows, conical, umbilicate at base.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
umbilicatev.
/ʌmˈbɪlᵻkət/, /ʌmˈbɪlᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˌəmˈbɪləkət/, /ˌəmˈbɪləˌkeɪt/ intransitive. To become umbilicate.
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c1900 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 250 (Cent. Dict. Suppl.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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