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

Stipe long, erect, white or yellowish to brown; the columella elongated, obovoid to clavate, roughened, colored as the stipe.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Calyx straw colored, obovoid, 2 mm. long besides the five spreading, membranaceous lobes, which are nearly as long.

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

Seeds ash colored, obovoid, or globose, inconspicuously four-angled, base obtuse, irregularly tuberculate, 1 mm. or more long.

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

Sporangia globose, obovoid or somewhat irregular, gregarious and scattered or crowded, yellowish, ochraceous or olivaceous, sessile, or with a very short brown or blackish stipe.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Sporangia subglobose or obovoid, stipitate or sessile; the wall a more or less thickened membrane, the external surface destitute of lime, polished and shining, irregularly dehiscent.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan