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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