FASTIGIATE

fastigiate

(adjective) having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fastigiate (comparative more fastigiate, superlative most fastigiate)

(botany) Erect and parallel

(botany, gardening) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches

(palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.

(obsolete) Tapering to a point

Noun

fastigiate (plural fastigiates)

(gardening) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fas*tig"i*ate, Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]

1. Narrowing towards the top.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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