ovate

ovateovate leaf

o·vate

O0173400 (ō′vāt′)adj.1. Shaped like an egg.2. Botany Shaped like an egg and flat, with the broad end toward the base: an ovate leaf.

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[Latin ōvātus, from ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

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o′vate′ly adv.

ovate

(ˈəʊveɪt) adj1. (Biology) shaped like an egg2. (Botany) (esp of a leaf) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end at the base. Compare obovate[C18: from Latin ōvātus egg-shaped; see ovum] ˈovately adv

o•vate

(ˈoʊ veɪt)

adj. 1. egg-shaped. 2. egg-shaped in longitudinal section with the broader end at the base, as a leaf. [1750–60; < Latin ōvātus=ōv(um) egg¹ + -ātus -ate¹] o′vate•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ovate - of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the baseunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
	2.	ovate - rounded like an eggelliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, egg-shaped, elliptic, prolaterounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

ovate

adjectiveResembling an egg in shape:oval, oviform, ovoid, ovoidal.

Translations

ovato