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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
- begonia semperflorens 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
- butterfly plant orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
- rumex scutatus low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
- 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