Associations to the word «Obovate»

Wiktionary

OBOVATE, adjective. (botany) (mycology) Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.

Dictionary definition

OBOVATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats