FUSIFORM

adj. Fu^'si^-fo^rm. Lat.,fusiform is (from /wsits, a spindle, and form a, form). r.,fusiforme. Ger.,spindelformiy. Spindle-shaped; tapering toward both ends, but often rather more abruptly toward one end. [A, 326 (a, 21); L, 341 (a, 27).] [s. 125]