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spatulate

[ spach-uh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

  1. shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
  2. Botany. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf.


spatulate

/ ˈspætjʊlɪt /

adjective

  1. shaped like a spatula
  2. Alsospathulate botany having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex

    a spatulate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • sub·spatu·late adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spatulate1

From the New Latin word spatulātus, dating back to 1750–60. See spatula, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

As they report in Plant Species Biology, the petals of Drosera tokaiensis and Drosera spatulate fold up within two to 10 minutes after parts of their stem, calyx, or closed flowers are pressed with tweezers.

There’s something about that flared, spatulate bill that we find endearing, and humans are drawn to defend the charismatic, the peculiar, and the unique.

He was a sad, birdlike man with the spatulate face and scrubbed, tapering features of a well-groomed rat.

The report concludes that the “spatulate shape of his hand and finger tips probably account for his restless energy.”

From Forbes

Petals 4–10, small, flat, spatulate, on slender claws.

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