ovate (redirected from ovately)

o·vate  (vt) 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.] ovately adv.

ovate ovate leaf

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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

Thesaurus

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 elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, egg-shaped, elliptic, prolate rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

Translations

ovate [ˈəʊveɪt] ADJ → aovado