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单词 omphalodium
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omphalodiumn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin omphalodium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin omphalodium (see quot. 1832 at sense 1, and note below) < ancient Greek ὀμϕαλώδης navel-like (see Omphalodes n.) + post-classical Latin -ium -y suffix4.The use by Turpin referred to in quot. 1832 at sense 1 has not been traced. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫmfălōu·diɒ̆m) /ɒmfəˈləʊdɪəm/.
Obsolete.
1. Botany. A protrusion in the centre of the hilum of a seed through which nutrient vessels pass.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > hilum or cicatrix
hilum1753
cicatrix1826
cicatricula1828
caruncle1830
omphalodium1832
strophiole1839
omphalode1850
nucleus1861
wound stump1923
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 185 The centre of the hilum, through which the nourishing vessels pass, is called by Turpin the omphalodium.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 335 The centre of the hilum, through which the nourishing vessels pass, has been called the omphalodium.
2. Anatomy. The navel. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > navel
naveleOE
navel-stead1581
nombril1604
navea1616
navel-hole1671
umbilicus1799
omphalodium1892
belly-button1934
tummy-button1945
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Omphalodium,..also, the Umbilicus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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