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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

ovate

/oh-veyt/US // ˈoʊ veɪt //UK // (ˈəʊveɪt) //

卵形的,卵形,卵状的,卵状

Related Words

egg-shaped蛋形,蛋型,蛋形的,蛋状elliptical椭圆,椭圆机,椭圆形,椭圆体oblong长方形,长圆形,长圆形的,长形oviform卵状,卵状体,卵形,卵状的ovoid卵形体,卵形,卵圆形,卵石ellipsoidal椭圆体,椭圆型,椭圆体的,椭圆状elliptic椭圆形,椭圆形的,椭圆的,椭圆

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : egg-shaped.
    • : Botany. having a shape like the longitudinal section of an egg.having such a shape with the broader end at the base, as a leaf.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.oval
Synonyms
egg-shaped蛋形,蛋型,蛋形的,蛋状ellipsoidal椭圆体,椭圆型,椭圆体的,椭圆状elliptic椭圆形,椭圆形的,椭圆的,椭圆elliptical椭圆,椭圆机,椭圆形,椭圆体oblong长方形,长圆形,长圆形的,长形ooid欧罗巴,欧罗巴人ovaloid卵状体,卵圆形的,卵圆形体,卵圆形oviform卵状,卵状体,卵形,卵状的ovoid卵形体,卵形,卵圆形,卵石ovoidal卵形,卵圆形,卵形体,卵形的

Examples

  • 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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