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Meaning of UMBILICATE

Pronunciation:  um'bilukit

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 Definition: [adj]  depressed like a naval
 
 Synonyms: concave
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Um*bil"i*cate\, Umbilicated \Um*bil"i*ca`ted\, a.
[L. umbilicatus. See {Umbilic}.]
   (a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower,
       fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as,
       an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.
   (b) (Bot.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

 

 

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