navel

Definitions of navel
  1. noun
    a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
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    type of:
    punt
    the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
  2. noun
    seedless orange enclosing a small secondary fruit at the apex
    synonyms: navelsinaasappel
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