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Meaning of "obovate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBOVATE

obovate  [ɒbˈəʊveɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBOVATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obovate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OBOVATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

obovate

Leaf shape

In botany, leaf shape is characterised with the following terms (botanical Latin terms in brackets): ▪ Acicular (acicularis): Slender and pointed, needle-like ▪ Acuminate (acuminata): Tapering to a long point ▪ Acute: pointed, having a short sharp apex angled less than 90° ▪ Aristate (aristata): Ending in a stiff, bristle-like point ▪ Asymmetrical: With the blade shape different on each side of the midrib ▪ Basal: arising from the crown, bulb, rhizome or corm, etc. as opposed to cauline ▪ Bipinnate (bipinnata): Each leaflet also pinnate ▪ Caudate: tailed at the apex ▪ Cauline: borne on the stem as opposed to basal ▪ Compound: Not simple; the leaf is broken up into separate leaflets, and the leaf blade is not continuous ▪ Cordate (cordata): Heart-shaped, with the petiole or stem attached to the cleft ▪ Cuneate (cuneata): Triangular, stem attaches to point ▪ Deltoid (deltoidea) or deltate: Triangular...

Definition of obovate in the English dictionary

The definition of obovate in the dictionary is shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg with the narrower end at the base; inversely ovate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBOVATE


activate
ˈæktɪˌveɪt
aggravate
ˈæɡrəˌveɪt
bovate
ˈbəʊveɪt
captivate
ˈkæptɪˌveɪt
cultivate
ˈkʌltɪˌveɪt
deactivate
diːˈæktɪˌveɪt
derivate
ˈderɪˌveɪt
elevate
ˈɛlɪˌveɪt
excavate
ˈɛkskəˌveɪt
inactivate
ɪnˈæktɪˌveɪt
innervate
ˈɪnɜːˌveɪt
innovate
ˈɪnəˌveɪt
motivate
ˈməʊtɪˌveɪt
ovate
ˈəʊveɪt
pyruvate
paɪˈruːveɪt
reactivate
rɪˈæktɪˌveɪt
renovate
ˈrɛnəˌveɪt
solvate
ˈsɒlveɪt
titivate
ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt
vulval
ˈvʌlveɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBOVATE

obo
oboe
oboe d´amore
oboe da caccia
oboist
obol
obolary
obole
oboli
obolus
Obote
obovately
obovoid
OBR
obreption
obreptitious
obs
obscene

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBOVATE

buck private
clavate
coacervate
cravate
curvate
demotivate
estivate
in private
insalivate
passivate
private
recultivate
remotivate
rotovate
salivate
savate
semiprivate
subovate
tittivate
valvate

Synonyms and antonyms of obovate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «obovate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBOVATE

Find out the translation of obovate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obovate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obovate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒卵形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obovadas
570 millions of speakers

English

obovate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

obovate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

obovate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обратнояйцевидные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obovados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

obovate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obovales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Obovate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verkehrt eiförmig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倒卵形の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도란형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obovate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Trứng ngược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைகீழ் முட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Obovate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

obovat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obovate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jajowaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оберненояйцевидне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obovate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντωοειδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eierrond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

obovate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

obovate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obovate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBOVATE»

The term «obovate» is regularly used and occupies the 84.730 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBOVATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obovate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obovate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obovate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBOVATE»

Discover the use of obovate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obovate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Natural Variation and Genetic Analyses of Seed and Seedling ...
Number Line Species Accession Color Shape Margin 11 W-42 serriola 2402 brown narrowly obovate swollen wing 12 W-43 serriola 2464 light brown narrowly obovate swollen wing 13 W-44 serriola LSE57/15 light brown narrowly obovate ...
Jason Michael Argyris, 2008
2
Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, ...
obovate chocolatetree, 16041 obovate clethra, 2981 obovate clusia, 3136 obovate couepia, 3672 obovate elaeagia, 4981 obovate Eugenia, 5641 obovate godoya, 6234 obovate himatanthus, 7123 obovate humiriastrum, 7318 obovate ...
M.M. Grandtner, Julien Chevrette, 2013
3
A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
sufTruticose at the base, grey with stellate down ; leaves oblong- obovate, silvery on the under surface ; pods elliptical, compressed, greyish ; seeds not margined. Tj . H. Native of Italy on hills and rocks exposed to the sun, about Sarzena and ...
George Don, 1831
4
Catalogue of Fruits
g-y- g- T. W. w. r. d. r. g- P-g g- g- g- r. y- y-g' roundish roundish obovate oval obovate obovate obovate obovate obovate oblong oblong obovate oblong obovate roundish obovate oblong oval obovate obovate oblong round, obi. oblong ...
Horticultural Society of London, 1831
5
General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
stems prostrate; leaflets obovate, hardly denticulated at the apex; stipulas ciliately -toothed; peduncles 3-7-flowered; legumes cochleate, flat at both ends, of 3 circles, reticulate and somewhat lacunosc, having muricated, smooth margins; ...
George Don, 1832
6
A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
Fruit large, obovate, downy. Branches pendulous. ' 13 Smith's favourite. hairy. 14- Glory of Oldham. Fruit middle-sized, oblong, hairy. l5 Ironmonger, hairy black. Fruit small, roundish, hairy. 16 Jackson's slim. Fruit middle-sized, obovate, dark ...
George Don, 1834
7
A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
Fruit large, obovate, downy. Branches pendulous. ' 13 Smith's favourite. hairy. 14- Glory QfOldham. Fruit middle-sized, oblong, hairy. l5 Ironmonger, hairy black. Fruit small, roundish, hairy. 16 Jackson's slim. Fruit middle-sized, obovate, dark ...
George Don, 1834
8
An Encyclopaedia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and ...
Tantararara, Hampson's Brasher, Yates's Tim Bobbin, Clegg's r. d. obovate middle 1 e. Leaves pubescent 7. W. s. s. oblong oblong large middle 3 2 P- e. Toper, Leigh's . Fox's Toper. g. w. d. oblong large 3 P- Trafalgar, Hallow's Warwickshire ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1824
9
Catalogue of fruits cultivated in the garden of the ...
Late Green . g- d. obovate small 1 e. 68 Laurel, Parkinson's P- g- d. obovate large 1 e. Good bearer, Green Laurel. nearly a white, Green Willow, (of some). resembling- 0 Lion, White w. h. obovate large 3 e. Woodward.s 69 Lioness, ...
Royal horticultural society, 1842
10
A Catalogue of the Fruits Cultivated in the Garden of the ...
GOOSEBERRIES. 79. H rface. 3 | o o o 03 o Ls. y- h. roundish y- h. round, obl. r. d. ohovate g. w. s. oblong 9- s. oblong g. w. d. oblong g- y- h- oblong p. r. h. roundish d. r. s. obovate g- h. obovate r. h. obovate g- h. round, obl. g. w. h. obovate g- ...
Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain), 1842

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBOVATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obovate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance …
5a): flower solitary (rarely two); labellum flabellate, lateral lobes subquadrate, mid-lobe smaller, obovate; spur conical, exceeding the ovary. «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
2
ORRIN MORRIS: Showy crotalaria kills plant-eating nematodes and …
#The leaves are simple and obovate, as illustrated. When a leaf is described as simple it means the edges are smooth without indentions ... «newtoncitizen, Nov 14»
3
Rinorea niccolifera: Nickel-Eating Plant Discovered in Philippines
Its outer bark is generally smooth, inner bark whitish, leaves simple, distichous, lamina elliptic to narrowly obovate. The species grows in forests ... «Sci-News.com, May 14»
4
ORRIN MORRIS: Showy crotalaria can be good for the vegetable …
#The leaves are simple and obovate, as illustrated. When a leaf is described as simple it means the edges are smooth without indentions ... «Rockdale Citizen, Nov 13»
5
The Orange Trapper
The orange head was a band of industrial-strength plastic, as obovate as a pear and slightly wider than a golf ball. A depression in its inside top ... «New Yorker, Jun 13»
6
Magnolia 'Black Tulip' a showpiece
The leaves are typical of soulangeana hybrids, obovate, dark green and up to 8 inches in length. Like other soulangeanas, M. 'Black Tulip's' ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 13»
7
Forest tree introduced to gardens
The large leaves are leathery, oblong / obovate, lance shaped with a pointed tip. The lateral nerves are prominent and curve up words. The leaves fall during ... «Deccan Herald, Apr 12»
8
Mukwa Tree Threatened With Extinction
It has 5-9 pairs of sub-opposite to alternate leaflets withs elliptic-lanceolate to obovate. The top surface of the leaf is smooth while the underside ... «AllAfrica.com, Mar 12»
9
Bombay Sapphire Sky Pavilion
Your cloud will also be able to form recognisable shapes like an obovate, diamond or a cuneate. The experience continues as the sunsets and ... «Dexigner, Mar 12»
10
Chaya - Mayan Tree-Spinach, Cabbage Star
'Chayamansa' is by far the most common overall –but not necessarily in U.S. commerce; its leaf has 5 obovate strongly overlapping lobes. «GoodFood World, Mar 12»

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