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ovate
[ oh-veyt ]
adjective
- Botany.
- having a shape like the longitudinal section of an egg.
- having such a shape with the broader end at the base, as a leaf.
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Derived Forms
- ˈovately, adverb
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Other Words From
- ovate·ly adverb
- semi·ovate adjective
- sub·ovate adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ovate1
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Example Sentences
The small, ovate simple leaves grow in an opposite branching pattern on the round, green stems.
This arrangement of the scales gradually assumes a uniform appearance on the neck close to the head, where they are ovate.
The tail one-fourth the length of the body, covered with uniform ovate quadrangular scales.
Herbivorous; apod, or with very short legs: body ovate or obovate, slimy.
The general outline is oblong-ovate, the lowest pinnæ being scarcely, if at all, shorter than those in the middle of the frond.
At the base they are covered with large ovate-acuminate brown or sometimes dark and shining scales.
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