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o⋅vate

  [oh-veyt]
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–adjective
1. egg-shaped.
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.
Origin:
1750–60; < L ōvātus, equiv. to ōv(um) egg 1 + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
o⋅vate⋅ly, adverb
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o·vate   (ō'vāt')   


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adj.  

  1. Shaped like an egg; oval.

  2. Botany Broad and rounded at the base and tapering toward the end: an ovate leaf.


[Latin ōvātus, from ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
o'vate'ly adv.
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