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Webster 1913 Edition

Spatulate

Spat′u-late

,
Adj.
[NL.
spatulatus
.]
(Nat. Hist.)
Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.
[Also written
spathulate
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Spatulate

SPAT'ULATE

,
Adj.
[from L. spathula.] In botany, a spatulate leaf is one shaped like a spatula or battledore, being roundish with a long, narrow, linear base; as in cistus incanus.

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