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

Achenes various shades of brown to black, flattened or rhombic in section, obovoid, 1.5–2 mm. long, longitudinally, striate with fine lines.

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

Petals white; pods flat, nearly circular; seeds dull, dark brown, obovoid, with base acute, more or less flattened on three sides, 2–2.5 mm. long.

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

Sporangium obovoid to pyriform or turbinate, rarely clavate, stipitate; the wall thin, smooth and shining, colored as the spores and capillitium.

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

Sporangium obovoid or pyriform, yellow, stipitate; the wall a thin pellucid membrane, smooth and shining, beautifully iridescent, breaking away above the middle, the lower cup-shaped portion persistent.

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