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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tapering at each end;
[syn: fusiform, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spindle-shaped \Spin"dle-shaped`\, a.
   1. Having the shape of a spindle.
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   2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends;
      fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spindle-shaped
    adj 1: tapering at each end [syn: fusiform, spindle-shaped,
           cigar-shaped]