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Narrow at the base, as leaves
Answer for the clue "Narrow at the base, as leaves ", 7 letters:
obovate
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Word definitions for obovate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obovate \Ob*o"vate\ a. [Pref. ob- + ovate.] (Bot.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context botany mycology English) Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
Usage examples of obovate.
His crude bow worked well enough at short range and he fletched his arrows with the obovate leaves of a tree he could not name.
Leaves deciduous, 3 to 5 inches long, about 2 inches wide, on petioles which have two pairs of reddish glands, they are obovate, acuminate, with incurved short teeth, thickish and smooth and glossy on upper surface.