Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ovate \O"vate\, a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See {Oval}.]
   1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

   2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
      sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.

Source : WordNet®

ovate
     adj 1: of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
     2: rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical},
         {oval}, {oviform}, {ovoid}, {prolate}]