About The Word Ovate
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Ovate
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What's The Definition Of Ovate?
[adj] rounded like an egg
[adj] of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base Synonyms | Synonyms for Ovate: egg-shaped | elliptic | elliptical | oval | oviform | ovoid | prolate | rounded | simple | unsubdivided Related Terms | Find terms related to Ovate: See Also | Ovate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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