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Adjective: ovate  'ow,veyt
  1. Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
    "The ovate leaves of the plant were arranged symmetrically on the stem"
     
  2. Rounded like an egg
    "I think the ovate bodies may probably turn out to be eggs of some small animals";
    - egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, prolate

See also: rounded, simple, unsubdivided

Encyclopedia: Ovate