semi-ovateadj.
Natural History.
Of the shape of half an egg divided lengthways, ovate on one side only.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > hemispheroid
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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 172 Semiovate, half Egg-shaped.
1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants Gloss.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 211 Opening semiovate.
c1843 J. Torrey Catal. Plants in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1970) I. 307 Lobes semi-ovate, obtuse.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > hemispheroid
semispheroidal1664
hemispheroid1728
hemispheroidal1728
semi-ovated1758
semi-ovate1760
1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 66 The germen is of a semiovated figure.
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