fusiform
adjective
spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
subfusiform
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a word derived from
fusiform.
Example Sentences
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Shell ovate, subfusiform, tuberculated, flesh-coloured, with two bands of red spots interspersed with minute dots; pillar 4 plaited.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The spores are oblong or subfusiform, pointed at the ends, uninucleate, .0003 inch long, .00016 broad.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
In the Cæomacei, the pseudospores are more or less globose or ovate, sometimes laterally compressed and simple; and in Pucciniæi, they are elongated, often subfusiform and septate.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
