Fastigiate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fastigiate is an adjective meaning (botany) Erect and parallel.
Meaning
(botany) Erect and parallel.
More Meanings
- (botany, horticulture) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
- (horticulture) A tree or shrub with 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
Example Sentences
This is a fastigiate variety.
The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.
The branches of this species are fastigiate.
An evening spent with a good catalogue or gardening encyclopaedia will reveal an astonishingly wide range of both weepers and fastigiates.
Word Forms
- fastigiates
Synonyms for fastigiate
Depending on context, synonyms include erect, upright, vertical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include erect, vertical, upright, fasciate, plagiotropic, gladiate.
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