navelwortとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

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.
      • 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.

   2. Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
   3. Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.

派生語

参照

• 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.