spatulate

• They were shaped specifically for the spatulate feet of knuckledusters There was also, we discovered, a more basic problem with the drop shaft. —  FSF,January2007
• Operculum spatulate, or pointed above, entire. —  Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
• Stamens 9; 6 filaments inserted on the receptacle, spatulate, each bearing 4 anthers on the inferior face; the other 3 filaments thick, each bearing 4 anthers. —  The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
• Leaves spatulate, fleshy. —  The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
• Stern clearly saw the narrow shoulders and the thin, long arms, covered with that white bristling hair One sprawling, spatulate, clawlike hand lay on the forest moss. —  Darkness and Dawn

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the Same Context