navelwort
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English
Etymology
Noun
navelwort (countable and uncountable, plural navelworts)
- Certain plants with features reminiscent of a human navel.
- Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
- Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
- Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.
Derived terms
- blue navelwort (Omphalodes verna)
- Cappadocian navelwort (Omphalodes cappadocica)
- creeping navelwort (Omphalodes verna)
- sea navelwort (Androsace spp.)
- Venus's navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris, syn. Cotyledon umbilicus; Omphalodes linifolia)
- water navelwort (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
- white navelwort (Omphalodes linifolia)
Translations
Unbilicus spp.
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Omphaloides spp.
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References
navelwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “navelwort”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “navelwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
