Definitions for: Ovate


[adj] rounded like an egg
[adj] of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base



Webster (1913) Definition: O"vate, a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]
1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.

Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oviform, ovoid, prolate, rounded, simple, unsubdivided

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