Definitions for umbonate

umbonate um·bo·nate

Spelling: [uhm-buh-nit, -neyt]
IPA: /ˈʌm bə nɪt, -ˌneɪt/

Umbonate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 344 anagrams from letters in umbonate (abemnotu).

Definitions for umbonate

adjective

  1. having an umbo or projecting boss.
  2. shaped like an umbo; having a rounded convex form:

Origin of umbonate

1820-30; Latin umbōn- (stem of umbō; see umbo) + -ate1

Examples for umbonate

When the center of the pileus is raised in the form of a boss or knob it is umbonate (Fig. 242).

umbonate, bossed; furnished with a low, rounded projection like a boss (umbo).

This species differs from C. atrata in having an umbonate pileus.

The umbonate pileus and the nearly free, broad, gray gills will distinguish it.

The pileus is often umbonate or gibbous, and the center is often darker than the margin.

The pileus is first nearly cylindrical, then conic, becoming bell-shaped and finally nearly expanded, when it is umbonate.

It may be rounded and depressed (concave), elevated (convex), level (plane), or with a little mound in the centre (umbonate).

Word Value for umbonate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

Similar words for umbonate
Word of the day