OVATE

adj. Ov'at. Lat., ovatus (from ovum, an egg). Fr., ove (1st def.), ovoide (2d def.). Ger., eirund (1st def.), eiformig (3d def.). 1. Of a leaf or other flattened organ, having the shape of the longitudinal section of a hen's egg, with the broad end toward the base. 2. Of solid bodies, egg-shaped. [B, 1, 19, 77, 123, 291 (a, 35).] O.-Acuminate. Having a form intermediate between o. and acuminate, [a, 35.] O.-lanceolate. Having a form intermediate between o. and lanceolate. [B, 291 (o, 35).] O.-oblong. Having a form intermediate between o. and oblong. [B, 291 (a, 35).] O, no; O, not; O', whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like oo in too; 315 [s. 187]