English-Thai Dictionary
ovate
ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น รูปไข่ รูป กลม รี egg-shaped sueng-pen-rub-kai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OVATE, OVATED
a.[L. ovatus, from ovum, an egg. ] Egg-shaped; as an ovate leaf.
OVATE-LANCEOLATE
a.Having something of the form of an egg and a lance, inclining to the latter.
OVATE-SUBULATE
a.Having something of the form of an egg and an awl, but most tending to the latter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OVATE
O "vate, a. Etym: [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval. ]
1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. Gray.
OVATE-ACUMINATE
OVATE-ACUMINATE O "vate-a *cu "mi *nate, a.
Defn: Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.
OVATE-CYLINDRACEOUS
OVATE-CYLINDRACEOUS O "vate-cyl `in *dra "ceous, a.
Defn: Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.
OVATED
OVATED O "va *ted, a.
Defn: Ovate.
OVATE-LANCEOLATE
OVATE-LANCEOLATE O "vate-lan "ce *o *late, a.
Defn: Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.
OVATE-OBLONG
OVATE-OBLONG O "vate-ob "long, a.
Defn: Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.
OVATE-ROTUNDATE
OVATE-ROTUNDATE O "vate-ro *tund "ate, a.
Defn: Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.
OVATE-SUBULATE
OVATE-SUBULATE O "vate-su "bu *late, a.
Defn: Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ovate
o vate |ˈōˌvāt ˈoʊveɪt | ▶adjective chiefly Biology having an oval outline or ovoid shape, like an egg. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin ovatus ‘egg-shaped. ’
ovate
ovate 2 |ˈɒvət | ▶noun a member of an order of Welsh bards recognized at an Eisteddfod. • historical a Celtic priest or natural philosopher. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from the Greek plural ouateis ‘soothsayers ’.
Oxford Dictionary
ovate
ovate 1 |ˈəʊveɪt | ▶adjective chiefly Biology having an oval outline or ovoid shape, like an egg. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin ovatus ‘egg-shaped ’.
ovate
ovate 2 |ˈɒvət | ▶noun a member of an order of Welsh bards recognized at an Eisteddfod. • historical a Celtic priest or natural philosopher. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from the Greek plural ouateis ‘soothsayers ’.