ovate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
  2. adjective satellite rounded like an egg
    oval-shaped; prolate; ovoid; elliptic; elliptical; oval; egg-shaped; oviform.

WordNet

O"vate adjective
Etymology
L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.
Definitions
  1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
  2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. Gray.

Webster 1913