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Webster 1913 Edition

Obovate

Ob-o′vate

.

Adj.

[Pref.

ob-

+

ovate

.]

(Bot.)

Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward;

as, an

obovate

leaf

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obovate

OBO'VATE

,

Adj.

In botany, inversely ovate; having the narrow end downward; as an obovate leaf.