Umbilicus may refer to:
- umbilicus, a feature of gastropod shell anatomy
- umbilicus, a synonym for the navel or belly button. The umbilicus of a shell is the axially aligned hollow cone-shaped space within the whorls of a coiled Mollusk shell The navel (also called an umbilicus or colloquially belly button) is a Scar on the Abdomen, caused when the Umbilical cord is removed
- Umbilicus, a genus of over ninety species of perennial flowering plants, including:
- Umbilicus rupestris, the binomial name for navelwort. Umbilicus is a genus of over ninety species of Flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Umbilicus rupestris ( Navelwort, Penny-pies, Wall Pennywort) is a fleshy perennial edible Flowering plant in the stonecrop family
- Umbilicus horizontalis, the binomial name for horizontal navelwort. Horizontal navelwort ( Umbilicus horizontalis) is a fleshy perennial Flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae (in the Genus
- Umbilicus intermedius, the binomial name for intermediate navelwort. Intermediate navelwort or common pennywort ( Umbilicus intermedius; also called taburit netuya) is a succulent perennial Flowering plant
- Umbilicus chrysanthus, the binomial name for Venus' navel. Umbilicus chrysanthus, known as Venus' navel or nabelkraut, is a succulent perennial Flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae
- Umbilicus chloranthus, the binomial name for green Venus' navel. Green Venus' navel ( Umbilicus chloranthus; also called ombelico di Venere verdastro) is a succulent perennial Flowering plant in the stonecrop family
- Umbilicus erectus, the binomial name for reniform Venus' navel. Reniform Venus' navel ( Umbilicus erectus; also sometimes nabelkraut or ombelico di Venere reniforme) is a succulent perennial Flowering plant
- Umbilicus oppositifolius, the binomial name for gold drop. Gold drop ( Umbilicus oppositifolius; also called goutte d'or, Goldtröpfchen, or Walddickblatt) is a succulent perennial Flowering
- Umbilicus urbis Romae, the designated center of the city of Rome from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were measured. The Umbilicus Urbis of the City of Rome, the designated centre of the city from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were measured is situated Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
- umbilicus mundi, or "the world's navel", a Greek artifact. An omphalos is an ancient religious stone artifact, or Baetylus. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca
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umbilicus
-noun
- (anatomy) navel
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