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ovate

adjective as in oval

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The small, ovate simple leaves grow in an opposite branching pattern on the round, green stems.

This arrangement of the scales gradually assumes a uniform appearance on the neck close to the head, where they are ovate.

The tail one-fourth the length of the body, covered with uniform ovate quadrangular scales.

Herbivorous; apod, or with very short legs: body ovate or obovate, slimy.

The general outline is oblong-ovate, the lowest pinnæ being scarcely, if at all, shorter than those in the middle of the frond.

At the base they are covered with large ovate-acuminate brown or sometimes dark and shining scales.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ovate, such as: egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, elliptic, elliptical, oblong, and ooid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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