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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 .