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spindle-shaped, ppl. a.
[spindle n. 16.]
Having the form of a spindle; fusiform.
Chiefly Bot., Zool., and Anat.; common in 19th c.
1776J. Lee Introd. Bot. Explan. Terms 377 Fusiformis, spindle-shaped, simple, and gradually lessening downwards. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 220 Stem..gradually increasing in thickness to the ground, and then tapering to a spindle-shaped root. 1834M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sci. 401 Not unfrequently they are long and narrow, like a spindle-shaped ray. 1859D. Bunce Travels with Dr. Leichhardt 15 Blue spindle-shaped fruits or berries. 1863Tyndall Heat viii. App. §5 (1870) 263 The flame longer, narrower, and nearly spindle⁓shaped. 1875Cooke Fungi 84 It is..easily recognized by the spindle-shaped stem. 1927[see spindle n. 4 c]. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 141/2 Spindle-shaped curler, a rounded rod, tapering towards each end. |