Ovate

Pronunciation key ( ō′vāt )

o•vate

Ovate leaf

adj.

[L. ovatus < ovum, an egg].

1. Egg-shaped.
2. In botany,
   • possessing the shape of a longitudinal section of an egg.
   • having a shape as such with the broadest end at the base as do some leaves.

Ovate leaf

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes