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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ovate

/ōv'-āt/ · O·vate · IPA /ˈoʊ.veɪt/
01 a. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
  1. 1.
    Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
  2. 2.
    Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end basal.(Bot.)