Definition of Spatula-shaped

1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base.

Exact synonyms: Spatulate
Similar to: Simple, Unsubdivided

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spatula-shaped

spatter
spatter-dock
spatterdashed
spatterdashes
spatterdock
spatterdocks
spattered
spattering
spatters
spatterware
spatting
spattle
spattles
spattling-poppy
spatula
spatula-shaped (current term)
spatula needle
spatulae
spatulalike
spatulamancy
spatular
spatulas
spatulate
spatulate leaf
spatulated
spatulates
spatulating
spatulation
spatule
spatules

Literary usage of Spatula-shaped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"Creeping, branched, matted together: leaves ribless, spatula-shaped, either entire and ... The spatula-shaped leaves appear at the end of these branches. ..."

2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"F. Creeping, branched, matted together: leaves ribless, spatula-shaped ... The spatula-shaped leaves appear at the end of these branches. ..."

3. Anthropoid Apes by Robert Hartmann (1885)
"The ensiform appendix of this bone is long and wide, and spatula-shaped at its ... The scapulae, on the other hand, are high and narrow, spatula- shaped, ..."

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