spindle-shapedadj.

Etymology: spindle n. Compounds 3.

Having the form of a spindle; fusiform. Chiefly Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy; common in 19th cent.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > spindle-shaped

spindle-shaped1776

fusiform1805

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > tapered at ends

spindle-shaped1776

fusiform1887

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > spindle-shaped

fusiform1747

spindle-shaped1834

1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 377 Fusiformis, spindle-shaped, simple, and gradually lessening downwards.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 220 Stem..gradually increasing in thickness to the ground, and then tapering to a spindle-shaped root.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. 401 Not unfrequently they are long and narrow, like a spindle-shaped ray.

1859 D. Bunce Trav. with Dr. Leichhardt 15 Blue spindle-shaped fruits or berries.

1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) viii. App. §5. 263 The flame longer, narrower, and nearly spindle~shaped.

1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi 84 It is..easily recognized by the spindle-shaped stem.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. ii. 58 A star-shaped figure of radiating fibres is seen in the cell. This divides into two, forming a spindle-shaped set of fibres with a radiating ‘star’ at each end, and the chromosomes arrange themselves where the fibres from the two stars meet, in the centre of the spindle.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 141/2 Spindle-shaped curler, a rounded rod, tapering towards each end.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	spindle-shaped
释义	spindle-shapedadj. Etymology: spindle n. Compounds 3. Having the form of a spindle; fusiform. Chiefly Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy; common in 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > spindle-shaped spindle-shaped1776 fusiform1805 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > tapered at ends spindle-shaped1776 fusiform1887 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > spindle-shaped fusiform1747 spindle-shaped1834 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 377 Fusiformis, spindle-shaped, simple, and gradually lessening downwards. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 220 Stem..gradually increasing in thickness to the ground, and then tapering to a spindle-shaped root. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. 401 Not unfrequently they are long and narrow, like a spindle-shaped ray. 1859 D. Bunce Trav. with Dr. Leichhardt 15 Blue spindle-shaped fruits or berries. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) viii. App. §5. 263 The flame longer, narrower, and nearly spindle~shaped. 1875 M. C. Cooke Fungi 84 It is..easily recognized by the spindle-shaped stem. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. ii. 58 A star-shaped figure of radiating fibres is seen in the cell. This divides into two, forming a spindle-shaped set of fibres with a radiating ‘star’ at each end, and the chromosomes arrange themselves where the fibres from the two stars meet, in the centre of the spindle. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 141/2 Spindle-shaped curler, a rounded rod, tapering towards each end. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1776
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