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adjective
Date: 1819
ovoid with the broad end toward the apex <an obovoid fruit>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
obovoid
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obovoid — adjective Approximately obovate in shape … Wiktionary
obovoid — Of a 3 dimensional structure that is obovate in longitudinal section, e.g. the seeds of Cycas multipinnata. See also ovoid … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
obovoid — ob·ovoid … English syllables
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