Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spatulate \Spat"u*late\, a. [NL. spatulatus.] (Nat. Hist.)
   Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish,
   with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written
   {spathulate}.]

Source : WordNet®

spatulate
     adj : of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a narrow
           base [syn: {spatula-shaped}]