fastigiate
(adjective) having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
fastigiate (plural fastigiates)
(gardening) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
Source: Wiktionary
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
21 April 2025
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