The grain is oblong-obovate, slightly transparent. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The fifth, sixth and the seventh are cuneate, obovate and. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Leaves usually obovate, short-stalked, conspicuously veined below. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Type D-- An obovate nut, oval to angled in cross section (Fig. 6d). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Leaves opposite, shiny, elliptic to obovate, broadly ovate with a sharp tip. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The obovate leaflets are generally 6-12 cm long and 2-15 cm wide. but size varies greatly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The obovate leaflets are generally 6-12 cm long and 2-15 cm wide, but size varies greatly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 44] Reference
The darker colors were generally associated with the elliptical, oval or obovate nut forms. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
LEAVES: Variable, smooth or slightly rough, narrow and long, ovate to obovate or broadly so. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The first glume is large, broadly obovate or obcordate, cuneate, villous with brown hairs, 7 - to 9-nerved. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The overall shape of the husk around the nut ranged from globose (Fig. 5a) to ovoid (Fig. 5b) to obovate (Fig. 5c). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The leaves are also smaller than those of that species; obovate, lanceolate, denticulate, and very mealy underneath. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
They are obovate, smooth on the surface, with an extraordinary number of white veins, nearly covering the whole leaf. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
The central motor-cell is usually the largest and it is somewhat obovate in shape in a transverse section of the leaf. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Fruit large, often very large, 3½ inches wide and 3 inches to 4 inches high, roundish obovate, uneven, and bossed in its outline. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
LEAVES: 3-foliolate, the middle leaflet being largest, obovate and with toothed margin, lateral ones much smaller and usually elliptic. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
LEAVES: With bases sheathing round the stem, usually obovate to elliptic with deep lobes and usually with bristles at base of leaf stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The third glume is the largest, obliquely ovate, or obovate-oblong, cuspidately acuminate, rigidly coriaceous, 9 - to many-nerved, paleate or not, empty. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Clustered at the base, rather thick, obovate, toothed, and narrowed into spatulate-margined petioles. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
The leaves are further divided into clover-like leaflets that are obovate in shape, or wider towards the apex. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
Evergreen, ovate or obovate, coriaceous, shining bright green above, paler beneath, easily recognized by odor. From Wordnik.com. [General directions for collecting and drying medicinal substances of the vegetable kingdom : list and description of indigenous plants, etc., their medicinal properties, forms of administration, and doses,] Reference
High; joints flat, oval or obovate, about 1 ft. long by 3 in. in width, and 1 in. in thickness. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
5, spreading, white, obovate; stamens numerous; pistil one; style single. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference
3 short, nearly equal diverging lobes: nut obovate-oblong, wider than its wings; upper part of seed-body usually appressed-pubescent. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference
Grain is obovate oblong. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
(6) Leaflet shapes varied from tree to tree being ovate, obovate or elliptical. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
(12) There are three general fruit shapes, (1) globose, (2) ovoid and (3) obovate. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
5 obovate leaved SILENE CATCH FLY pennsylvanica JMich. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the Society for the promotion of useful arts, in the state of New York] Reference
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