ovular
Americanadjective
Usage
What does ovular mean? Ovular is an adjective meaning related to or like an ovule (an egg or seed). Ovular is often misused to describe objects in the shape of an oval (an egg shape). In botany (the study of plants), an ovule is a seed or the part of a plant that will become a seed. In biology, ovule refers to a small egg. Example: This chemical is known to interrupt the ovular processes of the flower.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ovular
From the New Latin word ōvulāris, dating back to 1850–55. See ovule, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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As a result of a time-consuming struggle that involved oils and a tortuous-looking pair of clamps, Derulo’s finger was freed of its ovular prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Jupiter's Great Red Spot appears like a slightly stretched pancake, an ovular stain on the biggest planet in the solar system.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2021
In the iconic ovular test kitchen for Ebony, earth-toned whorls of olive, ocher and rust papered the walls and cabinet fronts, a proud expression of Afrofuturist psychedelia.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2021
Poincheval picked up his guitar and began strumming a few folk songs as I collapsed into an ovular wicker chair.
From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2015
In some cases the embryo or the embryo-sac sends out suckers into the nucellus and ovular integument.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
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