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semi-ˈovate, a. Nat. Hist. [semi- 7 a.] Of the shape of half an egg divided lengthways, ovate on one side only.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 176 Semiovate, half Egg-shaped. 1775J. Jenkinson Brit. Plants Gloss. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 211 Opening semiovate. So † ˌsemi-oˈvated a.
1757Phil. Trans. L. 66 The germen is of a semiovated figure. |