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Webster 1913 Edition


Omphalode

Om′pha-lode

,
Noun.
[
Omphalo-
+ Gr.
εἶδοσ
form.]
(Bot.)
The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; – called also
omphalodium
.