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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
- montia cordifolia succulent plant with mostly basal leaves; stem bears 1 pair of broadly ovate or heart-shaped leaves and a loose raceme of 3-10 white flowers; western North America
- goodyera genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
- japanese lilac lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers
- common tobacco tall erect South American herb with large ovate leaves and terminal clusters of tubular white or pink flowers; cultivated for its leaves
- wax begonia hybrid fibrous-rooted begonia having broad-ovate green to bronze-red leaves and small clusters of white or pink or red flowers; widely used as a bedding plant