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Definition of Spatula-shaped
1. Adjective. (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spatula-shaped
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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