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