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Ovate

Ovate meaning

Shaped like an egg. | With the broadest extremity near the base.

Example sentences (4)

Description Leaves are smooth, simple, petiolated, ovate to oblong-ovate, (0.5-1.5 cm) long, (0.2-0.8 cm) wide, with obtuse apex, entire margin, symmetrical but tapering base, and reticulate venation.

Leaves may be ovate, lanceolate, or orbiculate, and very variable in size on the individual plant.

The bracts are light green and ovate to oblong with a blunt upper end with a length of 3 to 5 cm.

The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron and ovate.