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Umbilicated

umbilicated

depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.

(Science: botany) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Origin: L. Umbilicatus. See Umbilic.


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