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spatulate

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spat·u·late  (spch-lt)
adj.
Shaped like a spatula.
spatulate [ˈspætjʊlɪt]
adj
1. shaped like a spatula
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Also spathulate Botany having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex a spatulate leaf
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Adj.1.spatulate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
spatula-shaped
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions


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With two spatulate hands the handling-machine was digging out and flinging masses of clay into the pear-shaped receptacle above, while with another arm it periodically opened a door and removed rusty and black- ened clinkers from the middle part of the machine.
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You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions.
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