Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPAT'U-LATE
SPAT'U-LATE, a. [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. – Martyn.
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