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spathulate, a. Chiefly Bot.|ˈspæθjʊlət|
[f. prec. + -ate2.]
Spatulate, spatular.
1821W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 34 Flowers large, petals spathulate. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 647 The shape and figure..of scales are very various,..some nearly round,..others spathulate. 1857Henfrey Bot. §88 When the blade passes still more gradually into a broad⁓winged stalk, a spathulate form results. 1882Vines tr. Sachs' Bot. 529 The lower ones are entirely free, sickle⁓shaped and pointed, the upper ones broadly spathulate and coherent at their base.
So ˈspathulated ppl. a. rare.
1821W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 120 Radical leaves numerous, spathulated, ciliated, and slightly pubescent. 1859Mayne Expos. Lex. 1178/1 The Spondylus spathuliferus has its shell charged with many rows of simple and spathulated scales. |