English Explanatory Dictionary

umbilicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a navel.
  2. Having a small umbo in a central depression, or a depression in the center of the cap.
  3. Supported by a central stalk.

Word forms

umbilicate more umbilicate most umbilicate umbilicated

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin umbilicātus, from umbilicus (“navel”) + -ātus. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Derived words

umbilication
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