egg-shaped

Historical Examples

• They are egg-shaped, about an inch in diameter, and furnish the germs or ovules.

  Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners

  B.G. Jefferis

• The root is thick and woody and the capsule is egg-shaped and ribbed, with no stem.

  Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

  Margaret Armstrong

• The capsule is egg-shaped and pointed, the seeds black and angled.

  Field Book of Western Wild Flowers

  Margaret Armstrong

• Season with salt and paprika, and make into egg-shaped balls.

  The Myrtle Reed Cook Book

  Myrtle Reed

• The winter buds are ½ inch long, egg-shaped, polished, and light brown.

  Forest Trees of Illinois

  Fuller George D.