oval leaf

collocation in English

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oval
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.vəl/us
/ˈoʊ.vəl/
shaped like a circle that is flattened so that it is like an egg or ...
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leaf
noun[C]
uk
/liːf/us
/liːf/
one of the flat, usually green parts of a plant that are joined at one end to the stem ...
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(Definition ofovalandleaffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The leathery, oval leaves are usually 5080 mm long and 3040 mm wide.
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Its oval leaves are about twice as long as they are wide and have a leathery texture.
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This evergreen grows up to 4 to 5 meters tall and has thick, leathery oval leaves.
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The fleshy oval leaves are alternately arranged and measure up to 6 centimeters in length.
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The wavy oval leaves are located in several whorls about the stem, each waxy green and up to 7 centimeters in length.
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The long, narrow, oval leaves of the tree have nutritious value for livestock roughly equivalent to barley and alfalfa.
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The oval leaves are grey-green, 3cm in long by 2cm in wide, with a rugose upper surface and whitish hairy underside.
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The lobed, oval leaves are no more than 8 centimeters long.
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The veined oval leaves are up to about 7 centimeters long and oppositely arranged about the stem.
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The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4 centimeters in length and green in color, sometimes with purple undersides.
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The oval leaves are up to 9cm 0.
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The oppositely arranged pointed oval leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters in length.
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The oppositely arranged oval leaves may be several centimeters long and some are borne on short petioles.
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The oval leaves are up to 10 centimeters long by 4.8 wide.
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The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4.5 centimeters long.
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Its large oval leaves are grey-green in color and covered with felt-like hairs.
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Small oval leaves occur at the base of the plant.
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The pointed oval leaves grow opposite on the thin stems.
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The oval leaves are arranged oppositely lower on the plant, and often alternately toward the top.
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The hairy oval leaves are up to 3.5 centimeters long and have smooth edges.
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