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fasciculate

American  
[fuh-sik-yuh-lit, -layt] / fəˈsɪk jə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
Also fasciculated

adjective

  1. arranged in a fascicle or fascicles.


Etymology

Origin of fasciculate

First recorded in 1785–95; fascicul(us) + -ate 1


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Stipe long, ascending, brownish in color, usually several fasciculate or to some extent connate, the sporangia divergent at the apex.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

The leaves are of a dark shining green colour, richly cut—as the specific name implies—after the style of the Aconites; the roots are fasciculate, long, and fleshy.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood

Sporangia fasciculate, confluent on a persistent hypothallus, dark fuscous; peridia very fugacious; stipes united at the base, erect, furcate; spores large, brown, globose.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

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 John Wood

Stipes long, erect, usually simple, rarely fasciculate and connate.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

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