ombilic

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

ombilic

Etymology

scholarly loan from the Latin umbilicus which also gives us navel.

Definitions

1. Navel. anat

2. Central orifice on the underside of the shell of gastropods formed by the emergence of the axis of coiling (columella) of the shell to the outside. zoologie

3. Small scar seen on the seeds of plants and which is also called the hilum.analogy botanique

4. Depression found at one or the other end of certain fruits.analogy botanique

5. Central swelling of certain objects.: L'ombilic d'un bouclier.
L'ombilic d'un plat de faïence.

6. Low point of a glacier. géologie: En 1987, Wetter étudie les moraines du Fayet et s'attarde sur la moraine du village de Gravin. Il reconnaît alors trois stades de stationnement du glacier dans l'ombilic de Sallanches.

7. Flowering plant of the genus Umbilicus, of the family Crassulaceae. plantes

Plural

ombilics

Translations

See also

ombilical (adj.)