obovoid

American  

[ob-oh-void] / ɒbˈoʊ vɔɪd /

adjective

1. inversely ovoid; ovoid with the narrow end at the base, as certain fruits.

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obovoid British  

/ ɒbˈəʊvɔɪd /

adjective

1. (of a fruit or similar solid part) egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base Compare ovoid

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Etymology

Origin of obovoid

First recorded in 1810–20; ob- + ovoid

Example Sentences

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obovoid

Root very large, fusiform; leaves thick, triangular-cordate; flowers 3–4´ long; fruit globose or obovoid, 2–3´ in diameter.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

We may have, however, great difficulty in recalling the difference between serrate and dentate, ovoid and obovoid, in the shapes and edges of leaves, or between acids in ic and in ous.

From How We Think by Dewey, John

Flowers purple or white; achenes smooth, light brown, curved or straight, narrowly obovoid or oblong, slightly flattened, 2–3 mm. long, apex truncate, cup-shaped with a tubercle in the center.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)

Achenes obovoid or oblong, attached obliquely at or near the base; pappus setose or partly chaffy or none.—Herbs with alternate leaves and single heads.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Culms very stout, rigid; achene more broadly obovoid.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa