spatulate
Americanadjective
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shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
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Botany. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf.
adjective
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shaped like a spatula
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Also: spathulate. botany having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex
a spatulate leaf
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of spatulate
From the New Latin word spatulātus, dating back to 1750–60. See spatula, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The Spatulate type has also the palm irregular in shape.
From Palmistry for All by Cheiro
Plate III--The Spatulate or Nervous Hand, so named because of its imagined resemblance to a spatula.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph
Spatulate, or Spathulate, shaped like a spatula, 52.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Spatulate fingers tensed on the button of a pencil ray.
From Pirates of the Gorm by Schachner, Nathan
Spatulate: rounded and broad at top, attenuate at base.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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