OVATE
What does "OVATE" mean?
Egg-shaped, especially of a leaf broader at the base than the tip.
Meanings
- Shaped like the outline of an egg, typically with the wider end at the bottom; used especially to describe leaves. The shrub has glossy ovate leaves tapering to a point. technical
- A member of one of the three grades within a Welsh-influenced druidic order. He was initiated as an ovate before progressing to bard. technical
Word origin
From Latin 'ovatus', meaning egg-shaped, from 'ovum' meaning egg; the botanical sense was adopted to describe leaf outlines.
Remember it
OVATE = 'OVal' shape with a tidy ending; both start with the Latin 'ovum', egg.
A little poem
The leaf chose neither circle nor a line,
but ovate - egg made flat, and still divine.
couplet
What it teaches
Nature rarely draws a perfect circle; it prefers the ovate, the almost, the alive.
Quick facts
What does OVATE mean?
Egg-shaped, especially of a leaf broader at the base than the tip.
Is OVATE a valid word?
Yes — OVATE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OVATE?
OVATE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OVATE come from?
From Latin 'ovatus', meaning egg-shaped, from 'ovum' meaning egg; the botanical sense was adopted to describe leaf outlines.
What can OVATE teach us?
Nature rarely draws a perfect circle; it prefers the ovate, the almost, the alive.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.