semi-ˈovate, a. Nat. Hist.
[semi- 7 a.]
Of the shape of half an egg divided lengthways, ovate on one side only.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 176 Semiovate, half Egg-shaped. 1775 J. Jenkinson Brit. Plants Gloss. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 211 Opening semiovate. |
So † ˌsemi-oˈvated a.
| 1757 Phil. Trans. L. 66 The germen is of a semiovated figure. |