ovate
pronunciation
How to pronounce ovate in British English:
UK ['əʊveɪt]
How to pronounce ovate in American English:
US ['oʊveɪt]
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- Adjective:
- of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
- rounded like an egg
Word Origin
- ovate (n.)
- 1723, from assumed Latin plural Ovates, from Greek Ouateis "soothsayers, prophets," mentioned by Strabo as a third order in the Gaulish hierarchy, from Proto-Celtic *vateis, plural of *vatis, cognate with Latin vatis, Old Irish faith, Welsh ofydd. The modern word, and the artificial senses attached to it, are from the 18c. Celtic revival and the word appears first in Henry Rowlands.
- ovate (adj.)
- 1760, from Latin ovum "egg" (see ovum).
Example
- 1. Leaf blade ovate to narrowly ovate , abaxially glaucous .
- 2. Variegated green and white , plain , ovate . Standard .
- 3. The ovate garden opera play in the royal opera house .
- 4. Stem leaves elliptic to narrowly ovate .
- 5. Capsule ovate to slightly globose .