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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
- kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
- coral bush Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
- althea officinalis European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
- telopea oreades tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
- white mallow European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers