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Adjective: ovate  'ow,veyt
  1. Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
     
  2. Rounded like an egg
    "I think the ovate bodies may probably turn out to be eggs of some small animals";
    - egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, prolate

See also: rounded, simple, unsubdivided

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