obovate

American  

[ob-oh-veyt] / ɒbˈoʊ veɪt /

adjective

1. inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end at the base.

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obovate British  

/ ɒbˈəʊveɪt /

adjective

1. (of a leaf or similar flat part) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg with the narrower end at the base; inversely ovate

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Etymology

Origin of obovate

First recorded in 1775–85; ob- + ovate

Example Sentences

Shell obovate; spire conic, of five convex volutions; suture simple; umbilicus open.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Petals 5, epigynous, oblong or obovate, lightly imbricated in the bud, deciduous.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. supìna, L. Stems decumbent at base or erect, often stout, leafy, subvillous; leaflets pinnately 5–11, obovate or oblong; cyme loose, leafy; stamens 20; achenes strongly gibbous on the ventral side.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Capsule obovate, flattened, contracted at base into a short stalk, 4-seeded.—Perennial herbs, growing in water or wet places, with entire leaves, and purplish flowers in axillary peduncled spikes or heads.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves oval, obovate, or wedge-lanceolate, pointed, acute at base, serrate, downy on the veins beneath; flowers all very short-peduncled.—Low grounds; common.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa