fusiform Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite tapering at each end
    cigar-shaped; spindle-shaped.

WordNet

Fu"si*form adjective
Etymology
L. fusus spindle + -form: cf. F. fusiforme.
Definitions
  1. Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.

Webster 1913