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omphalus
(encz) | omphalus, n: |
omphalus
(wn) | omphalus
n 1: a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not
supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued
whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just
above her bellybutton" [syn: navel, umbilicus,
bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus] |
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Monomphalus
(gcide) | Monomphalus \Mo*nom"pha*lus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos alone + ?
the navel.]
A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united
by a common umbilicus.
[1913 Webster] Monomya |
Sarcomphalus laurinus
(gcide) | Lignum-vitae \Lig"num-vi"tae\ (l[i^]g"n[u^]m v[imac]"t[=e]), n.
[L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[ae],
life.] (Bot.)
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of
America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured.
Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various
mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks,
cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In New Zealand the Metrosideros buxifolia is called
lignum-vit[ae], and in Australia a species of Acacia.
The bastard lignum-vit[ae] is a West Indian tree
(Sarcomphalus laurinus).
[1913 Webster] |
acromphalus
(wn) | acromphalus
n 1: abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of
umbilical hernia |
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