fasciculate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fasciculate
First recorded in 1785–95; fascicul(us) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The roots are long, fleshy, brittle, and fasciculate.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
P. 5-9 cm. hemispher. densely covered with tawny-red squamules of fasciculate hairs; flesh and veil tawny; g. adnate; s. 6-9 cm. fibrillose, tawny; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
The above is obvious in flowers which from elongation of the axis of inflorescence, have fasciculate or aggregate flowers.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
The arrangement of the flowers is more racemose than fasciculate, and whilst they are very abundant they are not so large as in H. tetraptera or H. diptera.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas
Spikelets are solitary, binate or fasciculate, 2-flowered, jointed on the pedicel and awned.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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