Crossword clues for obovate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obovate
Obovate \Ob*o"vate\ a. [Pref. ob- + ovate.] (Bot.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
Wiktionary
obovate
a. (context botany mycology English) Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.
WordNet
obovate
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.