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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ob-ō'vate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. ob and ovatus, egg-shaped; fr. ovum, egg; Fr. obové.] (Bot.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

A botanical drawing of an obovate leaf with a prominent midrib and branching veins.
Obovate Leaf.