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1. (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse
    
2. Rounded like an egg
   - egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
    
3. Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
   "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"
   - elliptical

See also: concise, ellipse, ellipticity, rounded, simple, unsubdivided

Encyclopedia: Elliptic