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Fastigiate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: probably from New Latin *fastigiatus, from Latin fastigium — more at bristle Date: 1662 narrowing toward the top; especially having upright usually clustered branches <fastigiate trees>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.