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fastigiate

Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

fastigiate(s = adj.all) Array - having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column); Array

fastigiate, a. [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.].

Narrowing towards the top. [1913 Webster]
Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. [1913 Webster]
United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. [1913 Webster]

fastigiate, adj. Bot.
1 having a conical or tapering outline.
2 having parallel upright branches.

Etymology

L fastigium gable-top

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