fuseau

noun

fu·​seau

(ˈ)fyü¦zō

plural fuseaux

-ōz

: a fusiform multicellular body that resembles a spore and that is characteristic of various fungi of the genus Trichophyton

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, spindle, from Old French fusel, diminutive of fus, from Latin fusus

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