navelwort

English

Etymology

navel +‎ wort

Noun

navelwort (countable and uncountable, plural navelworts)

1. Certain plants with features reminiscent of a human navel.
   1. Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
   2. Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
   3. 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.

• Bulgarian: пъп m (pǎp)
• Catalan: herba de melic, barretets
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Venusnabel m, Nabelkraut n
• Welsh: bogail y forwyn f, bogail Gwener f

Omphaloides spp.

• Greek:

  Ancient: please add this translation if you can

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• Galician: couselo m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κοτυληδών f (kotulēdṓn)

References

• navelwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “navelwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “navelwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.