OVATE

elliptic, egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate

(adjective) rounded like an egg

ovate

(adjective) of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

Shaped like an egg.

(botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

Synonyms

• egg-shaped

• ovoid

Etymology 2

See vates

Noun

ovate (plural ovates)

An Irish bard.

A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.

A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

Source: Wiktionary


O"vate, a. Etym: [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]

1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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