Definition of "ovate-oblong" [o•vate-ob•long]

• Oblong, with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong. (adjective)

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• "The second and the third glumes are broadly ovate-oblong with acute tips."
• "The _first glume_ is ovate-oblong, thickly coriaceous, obscurely 2 - to 4-nerved (occasionally 5 - to 7-nerved), acute, dorsally flat, with incurved margins and with two rows of tubercle-based minute prickles or mere excrescences at the sides."
• "The _third glume_ and the succeeding flowering glumes are ovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, with sub-marginal lateral veins; _palea_ are broadly oblong with silkily ciliate keels."