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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPINDLE-SHAPED

a.Having the shape of a spindle; fusiform.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPINDLE-SHAPED

SPINDLE-SHAPED Spin "dle-shaped `, a.

 

1. Having the shape of a spindle.

 

2. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spindle-shaped

spin dle-shaped ▶adjective having a circular cross section and tapering toward each end.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spindle-shaped

spindle-shaped ▶adjective having a circular cross section and tapering towards each end.