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obovate
/ ɒˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- (of a leaf or similar flat part) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg with the narrower end at the base; inversely ovate
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Shell obovate; spire conic, of five convex volutions; suture simple; umbilicus open.
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Terminal spike pistillate at top; pistillate spikes oblong or cylindrical, dense, erect; perigynium ovate or obovate, nearly or quite beakless, often hairy.—Sp.
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Leaflets.—Five to nine; obovate or oblong; six to twelve lines long.
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The leaves are large, strong-scented and hairy, composed of 7 to 9 obovate to oblong, pointed leaflets which turn a beautiful yellow in the fall.
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It has a creeping stem; the leaflets are broad, obovate, with a horse-shoe mark in the centre; the white or pinkish flowers are in a globular head.
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