obovoid

American  

[ob-oh-void] / ɒbˈoʊ vɔɪd /

adjective

1. inversely ovoid; ovoid with the narrow end at the base, as certain fruits.

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obovoid British  

/ ɒbˈəʊvɔɪd /

adjective

1. (of a fruit or similar solid part) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base Compare ovoid

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Etymology

Origin of obovoid

First recorded in 1810–20; ob- + ovoid

Example Sentences

Sporangium obovoid to pyriform or turbinate, rarely clavate, stipitate; the wall thin, smooth and shining, colored as the spores and capillitium.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangia obovoid to pyriform or clavate, often fasciculate, stipitate; the wall a thin membrane, with a thick dense outer layer of brown-red granules.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

We may have, however, great difficulty in recalling the difference between serrate and dentate, ovoid and obovoid, in the shapes and edges of leaves, or between acids in ic and in ous.

From How We Think by Dewey, John

Fruits in a globose or short-ovoid head, on an obovoid receptacle Buttercup, Ranunculus macounii. 22a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Sporangia globose or obovoid, sessile, gregarious, closely crowded, or sometimes scattered, the wall thickened with minute scales, in color brownish-ochre or olivaceous.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)