Ovate

Ovate [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Ovate is the condition where the shape of an organ or a part of an organism is narrower at the tip with the broadest part near the base.

Ovate (from Latin ovum “egg”) means egg-shaped and is applied to 2-dimensional forms. Compare whit ovoid (3-dimensional forms)
(For example the shape of an ovate leaf )

Compare with: Obovate (inversely ovate), Ovoid, Obovoid (inversely ovoid), Oval

Ovate leaf [ Botany ]

Ovate is the condition where the shape of a leaf or leaflet is narrower at the tip with the broadest part near the base closer to the petiole.

See: leaf shape

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