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spatulate
[ spach-uh-lit, -leyt ]
adjective
- shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- Botany. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf.
spatulate
/ ˈspætjʊlɪt /
adjective
- shaped like a spatula
- Alsospathulate botany having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex
a spatulate leaf
Other Words From
- sub·spatu·late adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of spatulate1
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.”
Petals 4–10, small, flat, spatulate, on slender claws.
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