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adjectiverounded like an egg
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adjectiveof a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
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- purslane a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
- sycamore Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
- pennyroyal Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
- revamp to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
- gentrify renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- polypodium scouleri stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
- maple-leaf begonia tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers
- garden sorrel low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
- bog star plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
- coast polypody stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib