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spathulate

spathulate is the alternative spelling of spatulate.

Meaning of spatulate

Adjective

spatulate (comparative more spatulate, superlative most spatulate)

  1. Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
    • “I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?[…]”1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC
  2. Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.

See all 4 meanings of spatulate

Forms of spathulate

comparativemore spathulate
superlativemost spathulate

Questions about spathulate

What is spathulate the alternative spelling of?
Spathulate is the alternative spelling of spatulate.

Words near spathulate in the dictionary

  1. spathose
  2. spathous
  3. spathroom
  4. spathrooms
  5. spaths
  6. spathulate
  7. spathulately
  8. spathulenol
  9. spatia zonularia
  10. spatial
  11. spatial component

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