fasciation

American  

[fash-ee-ey-shuhn] / ˌfæʃ iˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of binding up or bandaging.

2. the process of becoming fasciate.

3. the resulting state.

4. an abnormality in a plant, in which a stem enlarges into a flat, ribbonlike shape resembling several stems fused together.

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fasciation British  

/ ˌfæʃɪˈeɪʃən /

noun

1. botany an abnormal flattening of stems due to failure of the lateral branches to separate from the main stem

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Etymology

Origin of fasciation

First recorded in 1640–50; fasciate + -ion

Example Sentences

Its stems are curiously inclined, by a benign malformation known as fasciation, to twist and flatten into a fantail shape.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“The strangest thing about that night – this was the best thing ever,” Clifford said, describing the businessman’s fasciation with a special about a shipwreck.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2018

Sanders evinces a similar fasciation with surfaces throughout “Ghost in the Shell,” whether they’re grimy, gleaming, glistening or dissolving into an enigmatic haze of pixels.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2017

In all, with the exception of the first-named, the fasciation occurred in the inflorescence.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

The list which is appended is intended to show those plants in which fasciation has been most frequently observed.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.