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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.

Adj.

[L. sub and ovatus, from ovum, an egg.]

Almost ovate; nearly in the form of an egg.

subovate ‎(comparative more subovate, superlative most subovate)