·adj Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
II. Ovate ·adj Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal.
·adj Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point. ...
·adj Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous. ...
·adj Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate. ...
·adj Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong. ...
·adj Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate. ...
·adj Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity. ...
·adj Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape. ...