omphalode

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English

Etymology

From the post-classical Latin omphalodium from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs, “navel-like”) itself from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”).

Noun

omphalode (plural omphalodes)

  1. (botany, obsolete) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the raphe or chalaza.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “omphalode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

  1. ^
    2024 December, “omphalode (n.)”, in Oxford English Dictionary (OED)‎:
    † omphalode < post-classical Latin omphalodium omphalodium n.; compare ‑ode comb. form1. Compare French omphalode (1868 in Littré).
  2. ^
    2024 December, “Omphalodium (n.)”, in Oxford English Dictionary (OED)‎:
    † omphalodium < post-classical Latin omphalodium (see quot. 1832 at sense 1, and note below) < ancient Greek ὀμφαλώδης navel-like (see Omphalodes n.) + post-classical Latin ‑ium ‑y suffix.
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