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spatulateenUK
spat·u·late S0610300 (spăch′ə-lĭt)adj. Shaped like a spatula.spatulate (ˈspætjʊlɪt) adj1. shaped like a spatula2. (Botany) botany Also: spathulate having a narrow base and a broad rounded apex: a spatulate leaf. spat•u•late (ˈspætʃ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt)
adj. 1. shaped like a spatula; broad or rounded. 2. Bot. broadly rounded with a narrow, tapering base. [1750–60; < New Latin spatulātus. See spatula, -ate1] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | spatulate - (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow basespatula-shapedunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions |
TranslationsspatulateenUK
spatulate[′spach·ə·lət] (biology) Shaped like a spoon. spatulateenUK
spatulate [spach´ŭ-lāt] 1. having a flat blunt end.2. to mix or manipulate with a spatula.spat·u·late (spach'ŭ-lāt), 1. Shaped like a spatula. 2. To manipulate or mix with a spatula. 3. To incise the cut end of a tubular structure longitudinally and splay it open, to allow creation of an elliptic anastomosis of greater circumference than would be possible with conventional transverse or oblique (bevelled) end-to-end anastomoses. Synonym(s): spatulatedspat·u·late (spachyū-lăt, -lāt) 1. Shaped like a spatula. 2. To incise the cut end of a tubular structure longitudinally and splay it open, to allow creation of an elliptic anastomosis of greater circumference than would be possible with conventional transverse or oblique (beveled) end-to-end anastomoses. spatulate Shaped like a SPATULA.spat·u·late (spachyū-lăt, -lāt) 1. Shaped like a spatula. 2. To mix using a spatula. 3. To incise cut end of a tubular structure longitudinally and splay it open so as to allow creation of an elliptic anastomosis of greater circumference than would be possible with conventional transverse or oblique (beveled) end-to-end anastomoses. spatulateenUK
Synonyms for spatulateadj (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow baseSynonymsRelated Words |