5 definitions found for fastigiate

Fastigiate FASTIG'IATE,
FASTIG'IATED, a. [L. fastigiatus, pointed, from fastigio, to point, fastigium, a top or peak.]
1. In botany, a fastigiate stem is one whose branches are of an equal height. Peduncles are fastigiate, when they elevate the fructifications in a bunch, so as to be equally high, or when they form an even surface at the top.
2. Roofed; narrowed to the top.

fastigiate adj 1: having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)

fastigiate
adj. Bot.
1 having a conical or tapering outline.
2 having parallel upright branches.
Etymology: L fastigium gable-top

fastigiate adj. Bot. 1 having a conical or tapering outline. 2 having parallel upright branches. [L fastigium gable-top]

Fastigiate Fas*tig"i*ate, Fastigiated Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a. [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.] 1. Narrowing towards the top. 2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. 3. (Zo["o]l.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.