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(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.
Use fusiform when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fusiform means (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end..
Common synonyms include spindle-shaped, pointed, cigar-shaped.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
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