fastigiate
/fรฆหstษชdส.i.ษชt/IPA: /F AE1 S T IH0 JH AH0 T/
noun
- 1
A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
adjective
- 1
Erect and parallel
โThe branches of this species are fastigiate.โ
- 2
Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
โThis is a fastigiate variety.โ
- 3
Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
โThe grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.โ
- 4
Tapering to a point
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