fasciation
[fash-ee-ey-shuh n]
- the act of binding up or bandaging.
- the process of becoming fasciate.
- the resulting state.
- an abnormality in a plant, in which a stem enlarges into a flat, ribbonlike shape resembling several stems fused together.
Show More
Origin of fasciation
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for fasciation
Historical Examples
Adhesion of the inflorescence is necessarily a frequent accompaniment of fasciation and cohesion of the branches.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
Cohesion of the leaves frequently accompanies the union of the branches and fasciation as might have been anticipated.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
The list which is appended is intended to show those plants in which fasciation has been most frequently observed.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
Frequently also this condition is associated with fasciation, or, at least, with a distended or dilated state.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
In some species of Artabotrys, indeed, fasciation and curvation of the inflorescence are common.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
fasciation
- botany an abnormal flattening of stems due to failure of the lateral branches to separate from the main stem
Show More
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