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▪ I. umbilicate, a.|ʌmˈbɪlɪkət|
[ad. L. umbilīcāt-us, f. umbilīcus umbilicus. Cf. It. umbilicato, ombelicato, F. ombiliqué.]
Resembling a navel; having a depression like the navel.
1698W. King tr. Sorbière's Journ. Lond. 15 He has several other Curiosities; among the rest was a Roman Glass, whose very bottom was smoth and very little umbilicate. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. xxxii. (1794) 499 Umbilicate [section], or hollowed like the navel, and sooty, or appearing black, or as if burnt. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 270 Umbilicate,..when a variole, tubercle granule, &c. has a depression in its centre. 1842Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 30 There is no spire, nor is the apex umbilicate. 1897W. E. Steele Field Bot. 81 Cal[yx] with 30 furrows, conical, umbilicate at base.
▪ II. umˈbilicate, v.
[Cf. prec. and umbilication.]
intr. To become umbilicate.
c1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 250 (Cent. Suppl.). |