ovate
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veɪt adjective
1.
2.
Botany.
a.
having a shape like the longitudinal section of an egg.
b.
having such a shape with the broader end at the base, as a leaf.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | shaped like an egg |
| 2. | Compare obovate (esp of a leaf) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end at the base |
| [C18: from Latin ōvātus egg-shaped; see | |
| 'ovately | |
| —adv | |
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Ovate
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Word Origin & History
ovate
1723, from assumed L. pl. Ovates, from Gk. Ouateis "soothsayers, prophets," mentioned by Strabo as a third order in the Gaulish hierarchy, from P.Celt. *vateis, pl. of *vatis, cognate with L. vatis, O.Ir. faith, Welsh ofydd. The modern word, and the artificial senses attached to it, are from the 18c.
Celtic revival and the word appears first in Henry Rowlands.
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Example sentences
The ovate to nearly cordate leaves are alternate, simple, darker green above and paler below with small regular teeth.
Leaf shape is ovate to obovate with a truncate apex.
Ovate, opposite leaves about two inches long and an inch wide clasp the stem.
The solitary, nodding flower with an unpleasant odor rises on a stalk above a whorl of three broadly ovate, diamond-shaped leaves.
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