ovular
Americanadjective
Usage
What does ovular mean? Ovular is an adjective meaning related to or like an ovule (an egg or seed). Ovular is often misused to describe objects in the shape of an oval (an egg shape). In botany (the study of plants), an ovule is a seed or the part of a plant that will become a seed. In biology, ovule refers to a small egg. Example: This chemical is known to interrupt the ovular processes of the flower.
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Etymology
Origin of ovular
From the New Latin word ōvulāris, dating back to 1850–55. See ovule, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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Firmly strung in a gridded pattern, squash rackets have more of an ovular shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Diagrids have been used in other tall buildings, including the 46-story Hearst Tower in New York City, the iconic 40-story ovular Gherkin skyscraper in London and a section of the egg-shaped London City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Poincheval picked up his guitar and began strumming a few folk songs as I collapsed into an ovular wicker chair.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2015
The cell is ovular and surrounded by a light colored lacuna.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
This ovular migration may serve to redistribute eggs to the oviducts when the ovaries are functioning at unequal rates.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
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