In modern scientific and technical use. (Const. as adj. preceding the noun, or as past participle… Natural History. Appearing as if the tip or end…

Chiefly Botany and Zoology. Not sharp or pointed, blunt.

Esp. of a root: having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.

Having a broad or rounded end with a notch or indentation at the apex; shallowly notched. Botany. Of a leaf, petal, etc.

Having a broadened and rounded end like that of a common form of spatula. Botany. Of leaves, etc.

= spatulate, adj. Also: given a spatulate form.

In senses of the verb. Botany and Zoology: Truncate.

Shaped as if abruptly cut or broken off at the lower end.