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Webster 1913 Edition

Ovate

O′vate

,

Adj.

[L.

ovatus

, from

ovum

egg. See

.]

1.

Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2.

(Bot.)

Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end basal.

Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ovate

O'VATE

,