Narrow base, wide top
Obovate describes a shape that is egg-shaped but attached at the narrow end—the reverse of ovate.
The term appears mainly in botany for leaves and petals that are broader toward the tip than the base: The obovate leaves tapered to a narrow stalk.
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Narrow base, wide top
Obovate describes a shape that is egg-shaped but attached at the narrow end—the reverse of ovate.
The term appears mainly in botany for leaves and petals that are broader toward the tip than the base: The obovate leaves tapered to a narrow stalk.
1. botany — leaf, Plant's photosynthetic organ; petal (Bloom's colorful segment); spatulate (Wide and rounded terminally); elliptic (Oval in form); lanceolate · cordate · orbicular · oblong · truncate · apex · base · lamina · blade · rounded
LEAF/SHAPE ORIENTATIONobovate ≠ ovate Oval with tapering; oblong · lanceolate
SHAPE GEOMETRYobovate ≠ linear Arranged in straight succession; acicular · filiform · cordate · orbicular · compound
oval, ovary, ovate, ovule, ovulation, ovipositor
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/obovate