Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ovate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ovate \O"vate\, a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See {Oval}.]
1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ovate
adj 1: of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical},
{oval}, {oviform}, {ovoid}, {prolate}]
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