navelwort
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.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 115:
- Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle.
- Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
- Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.
- Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
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
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “navelwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “navelwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.