Definitions for fusiform

fusiform fu·si·form

Spelling: [fyoo-zuh-fawrm]
IPA: /ˈfyu zəˌfɔrm/

Fusiform is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in fusiform (ffimorsu).

Definitions for fusiform

adjective

  1. spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.

Origin of fusiform

1740-50; Latin fūs(us) spindle + -i- + -form

Examples for fusiform

It has a typically symmetrical, fusiform shape, with gracefully rounded whorls, and is spirally but not deeply grooved.

Antenn slender, the club elongated, fusiform, and compressed.

fusiform, like radishes, when thicker in the middle, tapering at both ends.

The root is fusiform and fleshy, and is the part most valued.

Its root is fusiform (spindle-shaped), and all its leaves are smooth and of a sea-green colour.

The heart is fusiform, and is divided by numerous constrictions into chambers.

Bidentata has two denticles, fusiform and reddish-brown, as are all.

It is called taking the "whelk striæ," the fusiform being called "rice baskets," and the volutes "peck measures."

Cornil found the seminal ducts separated by numerous round or fusiform cells.

It has the typical animal of the Buccinid, and a fusiform shell white to brownish in color, and three to five inches in length.

Word Value for fusiform
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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