Definition of umbo

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Umbo (n.) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike..

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Yoncopin :: Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
Nelumbo :: Nelumbo (n.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa..
Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Rumbowline :: Rumbowline (n.) Same as Rombowline.
Bumboat :: Bumboat (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore..
Umbonated :: Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss..
Umbos :: Umbos (pl. ) of Umb.
Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root..
Mumbo Jumbo :: Mumbo Jumbo () An object of superstitious homage and fear.
Gumboil :: Gumboil (n.) A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
Gombo :: Gombo (n.) See Gumbo.
Umbonate :: Umbonate (a.) Alt. of Umbonate.
Okra :: Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo..
Umbones :: Umbones (pl. ) of Umb.
Plumbous :: Plumbous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds..
Lumbosacral :: Lumbosacral (n.) Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum..
Plumbic :: Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide..
Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
Subumbrella :: Subumbonal (a.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
Gumbo :: Gumbo (n.) The okra plant or its pods.
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