Fastigiate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fastigiate \Fas*tig"i*ate\, Fastigiated \Fas*tig"i*a`ted\, a.
     [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]
     1. Narrowing towards the top.
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     2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches


        of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.
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     3. (Zool.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle
        with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fastigiate
       adj : having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a
             single column)