fusiform
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.
Adjective edit
fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)
- (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
- Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
- Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.
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spindle-shaped
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French fusiforme.
Adjective edit
fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme)
Declension edit
Declension of fusiform
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | fusiform | fusiformă | fusiformi | fusiforme | ||
definite | fusiformul | fusiforma | fusiformii | fusiformele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | fusiform | fusiforme | fusiformi | fusiforme | ||
definite | fusiformului | fusiformei | fusiformilor | fusiformelor |