Obovate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Egg-shaped and flat, with the narrow end attached to the stalk: an obovate leaf.
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  • adj. Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In natural history, inversely ovate; having the broad end upward or toward the apex, as in many leaves.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
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