spatulate

IPA: spˈætʃʌɫeɪt

verb

  • To treat or mix with a spatula.
  • To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened

adjective

  • Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
  • (botany) Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.
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Examples of "spatulate" in Sentences

  • It's bill is longer and more spatulate.
  • This species has a large spatulate bill.
  • The 4 petals are white and spatulate in shape.
  • The leaves are linear spatulate curving upwards.
  • It has thin upper leaves and spatulate basal leaves.
  • Leaves may be spatulate, rounded, or obtuse at the apex.
  • Snout moderately depressed, not spatulate; eye rather small.
  • The petals are spatulate with very obtuse and concave apices.
  • The most distinctive feature of this species is its spatulate bill.
  • The broad, acute leaves are elliptic, spatulate or spatulate oblanceolate.

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