spindle-shaped Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Spin"dle-shaped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the shape of a spindle.
  2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.

Webster 1913