fusiform

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

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

1. (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.

• spindle-shaped

• fusee

Borrowed from French fusiforme.

fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme)

1. fusiform