Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 804:For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.
(botany, of leaf) Having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.
Verb
To treat or mix with a spatula.
To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened
