obovateadj.

Brit.

/ɒbˈəʊveɪt/,

/ɒbˈəʊvət/, U.S.

/ɑbˈoʊˌveɪt/,

/ɑbˈoʊvət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ob- prefix 2, ovate adj.

Etymology: < ob- prefix 2 + ovate adj., after scientific Latin obovata ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12, 1767) II. 163, as a specific epithet). Compare post-classical Latin obverse ovatus (1749 or earlier). Compare French obové (1800).

Chiefly Botany.

Inversely ovate; egg-shaped with the broader end upmost or forward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes

plummet-like1605

semilunar1681

cordated1698

cordate1760

obcordate1775

club-shaped1776

flabelliform1777

obovate1785

button-shaped1791

clavate1803

placentiform?a1808

obovoid1819

valviform1819

constricted1826

vulviform1829

mitrate1836

bipenniform1842

sandaliform1848

scopiform1852

obclavate1856

obcordiform1857

oboval1857

utriform1860

broadsword-shaped1870

placentoid1885

hypsiloid1886

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 495 Apple-form Bryum has large spherical heads; and in the Pear-form species they are obovate.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 157 The figure..in those [larvae] of the water-beetles..approaches to an obovate shape.

?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vi Stem-leaves obovate, having petioles.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxv. 275 Some were ovate, meaning egg-shaped, others were obovate, meaning the same egg upside down.

1988 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) 113 550/1 Another species that has survived the cold winters of the past seven years is A[zara] Serrata, a plant with serrated glossy bright green, oval to obovate leaves up to 2 inches long.

Compounds

Prefixed to adjectives denoting a form intermediate between the obovate form and some other, as obovate-cuneate, obovate-lanceolate, obovate-oblong, obovate-spathulate adjs.

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1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 17 P[apaver]. nudicaule Linn. Capsule hispid, obovate-oblong.

1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 54 Leaves opposite, obovate-lanceolate.

1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 221 E[uphorbia]. Helioscopia Linn... Leaves membranous, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, or emarginate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 196 Bellis perennis..leaves obovate-spathulate.

1937 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 24 506 The fruit consists of an obovate-oblong capsule constricted from the base to about one-third its total length.

1966 T. Y. Harris Wild Flowers Austral. (ed. 6) 147 Dampiera R. Br... Leaves sessile, broadly ovate or obovate-cuneate to oblong or linear.

1976 Flora Europaea IV. 111/1 Leaves oblanceolate to broadly obovate-spathulate.

1995 Brittonia 47 144/2 Dorsal sepal..obovate-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved, concave in upper part.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obovate
释义	obovateadj. Brit. /ɒbˈəʊveɪt/, /ɒbˈəʊvət/, U.S. /ɑbˈoʊˌveɪt/, /ɑbˈoʊvət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ob- prefix 2, ovate adj. Etymology: < ob- prefix 2 + ovate adj., after scientific Latin obovata ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 12, 1767) II. 163, as a specific epithet). Compare post-classical Latin obverse ovatus (1749 or earlier). Compare French obové (1800). Chiefly Botany. Inversely ovate; egg-shaped with the broader end upmost or forward. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes plummet-like1605 semilunar1681 cordated1698 cordate1760 obcordate1775 club-shaped1776 flabelliform1777 obovate1785 button-shaped1791 clavate1803 placentiform?a1808 obovoid1819 valviform1819 constricted1826 vulviform1829 mitrate1836 bipenniform1842 sandaliform1848 scopiform1852 obclavate1856 obcordiform1857 oboval1857 utriform1860 broadsword-shaped1870 placentoid1885 hypsiloid1886 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 495 Apple-form Bryum has large spherical heads; and in the Pear-form species they are obovate. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 157 The figure..in those [larvae] of the water-beetles..approaches to an obovate shape. ?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vi Stem-leaves obovate, having petioles. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxv. 275 Some were ovate, meaning egg-shaped, others were obovate, meaning the same egg upside down. 1988 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) 113 550/1 Another species that has survived the cold winters of the past seven years is A[zara] Serrata, a plant with serrated glossy bright green, oval to obovate leaves up to 2 inches long. Compounds Prefixed to adjectives denoting a form intermediate between the obovate form and some other, as obovate-cuneate, obovate-lanceolate, obovate-oblong, obovate-spathulate adjs. ΚΠ 1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 17 P[apaver]. nudicaule Linn. Capsule hispid, obovate-oblong. 1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 54 Leaves opposite, obovate-lanceolate. 1829 J. Lindley Synopsis Brit. Flora 221 E[uphorbia]. Helioscopia Linn... Leaves membranous, obovate-cuneate, obtuse, or emarginate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 196 Bellis perennis..leaves obovate-spathulate. 1937 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 24 506 The fruit consists of an obovate-oblong capsule constricted from the base to about one-third its total length. 1966 T. Y. Harris Wild Flowers Austral. (ed. 6) 147 Dampiera R. Br... Leaves sessile, broadly ovate or obovate-cuneate to oblong or linear. 1976 Flora Europaea IV. 111/1 Leaves oblanceolate to broadly obovate-spathulate. 1995 Brittonia 47 144/2 Dorsal sepal..obovate-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved, concave in upper part. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1785
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