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Ovate   /ˈoʊveɪt/   Listen
Ovate

adjective
1.
Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base.
2.
Rounded like an egg.  Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, prolate.



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"Ovate" Quotes from Famous Books



... scrub exists on the lower hill slopes. This scrub Ashmead-Bartlett calls furze in his articles, but I have never seen furze in Gallipoli. This plant is generally 2 to 3 feet high, is in very solid bushes of a stiff, fibrey nature, with an ovate, dark green glaucous leaf. Thyme and numerous other plants abound. I have been interested in the weathering of the rocks beside the sea, this reminding me of the Brig at Filey. This follows a most peculiar pattern, like ...
— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson

... concentric rings visible. All the granules, oval or ovate. Tous-le-mois, potato, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 • Various

... turbinate, dextral, imperforate, spirally ridged or double-keeled and transversely wrinkled; spire prominent, its nucleus sinistral; aperture ovate, canaliculated below, its outer margin furnished with two claw-like lobes, the one central and formed by a prolongation of the margin between the keels of the body whorl, the other smaUer and nearer the canal; peristome thickened, reflexed, ...
— Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Vol. 2 (of 2) • John MacGillivray

... cycloid; epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector. sphere &c 249. V. make round &c adj.; round. go round; encircle &c 227; describe a circle &c 311. Adj. round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped &c 245; cycloidal &c n.^; spherical &c 249. Phr. I watched ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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