Sentence example with the word 'obovate'

obovate

Definition adj. (of a leaf shape) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base

Last update: July 27, 2015


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Long, obovate-lanceolate in shape and yellowish-green; the dioecious flowers, which are small and nearly of the same colour but,yellower, appear in February and March; the white berry when ripe is filled with a viscous semitransparent pulp (whence bird-lime is derived).   [Please select]

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The fruit varies in the thickness and veining of the skin, and, lastly, in shape, being spherical, oblong, oval, or obovate.   [Please select]

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_ Shell obovate; spire conic, of five convex volutions; suture simple; umbilicus open.   [Please select]

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_ Shell obovate; spire conic, slightly thickened in the middle, longer than the aperture, and of six volutions depressed on the suture; outer-lip slightly contracted at the base; umbilicus nearly closed.   [Please select]

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obolus - obovate - obscene