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SPATULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spatulate mean?
• SPATULATE (adjective)
The adjective SPATULATE has 1 sense:
1. (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
Familiarity information: SPATULATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
Synonyms:
spatula-shaped; spatulate
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Context examples
You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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