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fasciate

[ fash-ee-eyt, -ee-it ]

adjective

  1. bound with a band, fillet, or bandage.
  2. Botany. abnormally compressed into a band or bundle, as stems grown together.
  3. Zoology.
    1. composed of bundles.
    2. bound together in a bundle.
    3. marked with a band or bands.


fasciate

/ ˈfæʃɪˌeɪt /

adjective

  1. botany
    1. (of stems and branches) abnormally flattened due to coalescence
    2. growing in a bundle
  2. (of birds, insects, etc) marked by distinct bands of colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfasciˌately, adverb
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Other Words From

  • fas·ci·ate·ly adverb
  • un·fas·ci·ate adjective
  • un·fas·ci·at·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fasciate1

First recorded in 1650–60; fasci(a) + -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fasciate1

C17: probably from New Latin fasciātus (unattested) having bands; see fascia
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Example Sentences

Fasciate, banded; also applied to monstrous stems which grow flat.

The reddish variety, vinous or scarlet-black in color, is remarkably fasciate.

These fasciate forms generally shorter, or less erect.

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