o·vate (  v t )adj. 1. Shaped like an egg; oval. 2. Botany Broad and rounded at the base and tapering toward the end: an ovate leaf. [Latin vtus, from vum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]o vately adv. |   ovate leaf |
ovate [ˈəʊveɪt]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) shaped like an egg
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (esp of a leaf) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end at the base Compare obovate
[from Latin ōvātus egg-shaped; see ovum]
ovately 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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