obovate

Thân thiện

The leaf has an obovate shape with a pointed tip.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Botany) Having an egg-shaped outline, but with the narrower end at the base: This term is used in botany to describe a leaf, petal, or other plant part that is shaped like an egg but is attached at the narrower end.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The plant is easily identified by its distinctive, obovate leaves.
  • The petals are obovate and a brilliant white.

Advanced Usage

• Comparative and Superlative Forms: The term can be modified as more obovate and most obovate when comparing the shapes of different leaves.
  • The leaves of this species are more obovate than those of its close relative.
• Descriptive Precision: Often used in formal botanical descriptions and keys for plant identification.
  • Leaf blade obovate, 4–7 cm long, glabrous.

Variants and Related Words

• Obovoid (adj.): Solid and three-dimensional with an obovate shape (e.g., some fruits).
• Obovately (adv.): In an obovate manner.
• Ovate (adj.): Egg-shaped with the broader end at the base (the opposite of obovate).

Synonyms

• Inversely ovate: A less common synonym that explicitly states the inversion of the typical ovate shape.
• Spatulate: May be used if the obovate shape is particularly elongated and spoon-like, though not a perfect synonym.

Antonyms

• Ovate: Egg-shaped with the broader end at the base.
• Lanceolate: Shaped like a lance head, broadest in the lower half and tapering to a point.

Học thuật

Adjective

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