Umbilicus
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Umbilicus may refer to:
- Umbilicus (mollusc), a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy
- Umbilicus, a synonym for the navelNavelThe navel is a scar on the abdomen caused when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby...
or belly button - Umbilicus (genus)Umbilicus (genus)Umbilicus is a genus of over ninety species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae. Many of its species have been given synonyms under different genera such as Rosularia, Cotyledon, and Chiastophyllum...
, a genus of over ninety species of perennial flowering plants, including:- Umbilicus rupestrisUmbilicus rupestrisUmbilicus rupestris is a fleshy, perennial, edible flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae so named for its umbilicate leaves....
, the binomial name for navelwort - Umbilicus horizontalisUmbilicus horizontalisHorizontal navelwort is a fleshy perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region in rocky habitats....
, the binomial name for horizontal navelwort - Umbilicus intermediusUmbilicus intermediusIntermediate navelwort or common pennywort is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae found in the shrublands and deserts of Israel and Lebanon.-Description:...
, the binomial name for intermediate navelwort - Umbilicus chrysanthusUmbilicus chrysanthusUmbilicus chrysanthus, known as Venus' navel or nabelkraut, is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus, which is found in the Alps. It is called Venusnabel in German, but the French translation nombril de Vénus refers to navelwort....
, the binomial name for Venus' navel - Umbilicus chloranthusUmbilicus chloranthusGreen Venus' navel is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus, found in the Southern Balkans...
, the binomial name for green Venus' navel - Umbilicus erectusUmbilicus erectusReniform Venus' navel is a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae, in the genus Umbilicus, found in the Southern Balkans and southern italy.Umbilicus erectus leaf extract had a highly virucidal effect to Acyclovir resistant Herpes Simplex Virus...
, the binomial name for reniform Venus' navel - Umbilicus oppositifolius, the binomial name for gold drop
- Umbilicus rupestris
- 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
- Umbilicus mundi, or "the world's navel", a Greek artifact