fastigiate

American  

[fa-stij-ee-it, -eyt] / fæˈstɪdʒ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also fastigiated

adjective

1. rising to a pointed top.

2. Zoology. joined together in a tapering adhering group.

3. Botany.

   1. erect and parallel, as branches.

   2. having such branches.

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fastigiate British  

/ fæˈstɪdʒɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. (of plants) having erect branches, often appearing to form a single column with the stem

2. (of parts or organs) united in a tapering group

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Other Word Forms

• subfastigiate adjective
• subfastigiated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fastigiate

First recorded in 1655–65; from Medieval Latin fastīgātus “high, lofty,” from Latin fastīgi(um) “height, highest point” + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Beyond that there were many and large limbs; which, diverging only slightly, and in a fastigiate manner, carried the tree nearly as much higher.

From Project Gutenberg

Among trees the pendulous or weeping, and the broomlike or fastigiate forms are very marked varieties, which occur in species belonging to quite different orders.

From Project Gutenberg

Although in these cases the changed manner of growth seems to have been directly caused by the great heat, we know that many fastigiate trees have originated in their temperate homes.

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In the Lombardy poplar, and in certain fastigiate or pyramidal varieties of thorns, junipers, oaks, etc., we have an opposite kind of growth.

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The fastigiate trees and shrubs are a counterpart of the weeping forms.

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