fusiform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

Word forms

fusiform more fusiform most fusiform

Etymology

From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.

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