oblongate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of oblong.

   • Canavalia rosea is a trailing or prostrate herb with trifoliate leaves of oblongate to orbicular leaflets and with pink flowers (Fig. 23) (Beadle et al. 1962).
   • This is an oblongate light material covered on one side by bony-sheath, compactly filled with smooth-white material which can be scratched by nails.
2. 2

   To extend into an oblong form

   To extend into an oblong form; to elongate

   • Fruit very small, the least of all the varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very conspicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nipple.
   • As a matter of fact the medulla which is the part of the hind brain oblongates out of the skull cavity as a long and thick tail or cord which, again terminates into a thin filament.
3. 3

   To give an oblong shape to (something).

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