"omphalode" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: omphalodes [plural]
Etymology: From the post-classical Latin omphalodium from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs, “navel-like”) itself from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|omphalodium}} Latin omphalodium, {{der|el|grc|ὀμφαλοειδής||navel-like}} Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs, “navel-like”), {{der|el|grc|ὀμφαλός||navel}} Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”), {{quote-web|en|date=December 2024|passage=† omphalode &lt; post-classical Latin omphalodium omphalodium n.; compare ‑ode comb. form1. Compare French omphalode (1868 in Littré).|title=omphalode (n.)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/6383910980|work=Oxford English Dictionary (OED)}} 2024 December 14, “omphalode (n.)”, in Oxford English Dictionary (OED): † omphalode < post-classical Latin omphalodium omphalodium n.; compare ‑ode comb. form1. Compare French omphalode (1868 in Littré)., {{quote-web|en|date=December 2024|passage=† omphalodium &lt; post-classical Latin omphalodium (see quot. 1832 at sense 1, and note below) &lt; ancient Greek ὀμφαλώδης navel-like (see Omphalodes n.) + post-classical Latin ‑ium ‑y suffix.|title=Omphalodium (n.)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3408140337|work=Oxford English Dictionary (OED)}} 2024 December 14, “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. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: omphalodium
    Sense id: en-omphalode-en-noun-lKPBsF5U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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