Sekirov Dictionary

fastigiate

/fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/

adjective 4
noun 1
forms 3

adjective4

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Erect and parallel.
- The branches of this species are fastigiate.
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Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
- This is a fastigiate variety.
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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.
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(no longer used) Tapering to a point
- We ascended the top of that noted hill, called Roseberry, or Ounsberry Topping, the top whereof is fastigiate, like a sugar-loaf, and serves for a sea-mark […] — 1662

noun1

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A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
- An evening spent with a good catalogue or gardening encyclopaedia will reveal an astonishingly wide range of both weepers and fastigiates. — 1971

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