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Fastigiate
/fæˈstɪdʒ.i.ɪt/
A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
📖 Definitions of "Fastigiate"
noun
- 1
A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
adjective
- 1
Erect and parallel
"The branches of this species are fastigiate."
- 2
Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
"This is a fastigiate variety."
- 3
Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
"The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate."
- 4
Tapering to a point
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