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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovate \O"vate\, a. [L. ovatus from ovum egg. See {Oval}.]
1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ovate
adj 1: of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical},
{oval}, {oviform}, {ovoid}, {prolate}]
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