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o·vate
(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.
o′vate′ly adv.
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ovate
(ˈəʊveɪt)adj
1. (Biology) shaped like an egg
2. (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
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o•vate
(ˈoʊ veɪt)adj.
1. egg-shaped.
2. egg-shaped in longitudinal section with the broader end at the base, as a leaf.
o′vate•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ovate - of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
2. | ovate - rounded like an egg rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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