Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.
a., shaped like a spatula or spoon, gradually widening distally and with a rounded tip, as some leaves.
(see: Leaf Shapes graphic.)
Spoon shaped (see also lanceolate and oval/ovate/ovo id).
Shaped like a spatula ; spoon-shaped.
shaped like a flat spoon or spatula
of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
enlarged rounded apex with a narrowing and elongated base.
widened at the apex like a spatula.
oblong, wide and rounded at the apex but gradually narrowed near the base.
Shaped like a spatula, broadest at the tip and tapering to the base.
Gradually rounded downward from a rounded summit (click here to see spatulate leaf)
spoon-shaped; broad and with a depression apically, and narrowed basally
Spoon-shaped. See drawing of leaf shapes.
Spoon-shaped, narrow at base and wide at apex.
oblong or obovate at the tip, narrowing to cylindrical at the base.
Shaped like a spoon, with a narrow end at the base.
shaped like a spatula - flat with straight sides and a round end
spoon or broadly blade-shaped (avicularian mandibles).
Shaped like a spatula, spoon or paddle.
having thickened, rounded ends
Rounded at the tip, with the broadest portion being at the tip and then slowly tapering to the base.
Shaped like a spatula or spoon, gradually widening with a rounded tip, as some leaves. The Spatula Leaf Sundew ( Drosera intermedia) of northern bogs is a good example.