Umbilicate

Umbilicate
Umbilicate 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. [1913 Webster]

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