ovate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ovate
    adj 1: of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the
           base
    2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic},
       {elliptical}, {oval}, {oval-shaped}, {ovate}, {oviform},
       {ovoid}, {prolate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ovate \O"vate\, a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See {Oval}.]
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   1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
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   2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
      section of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.
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