'Fastigiated' definitions:

Definition of 'Fastigiated'

From: GCIDE
  • Fastigiate \Fas*tig"i*ate\, Fastigiated \Fas*tig"i*a`ted\, a. [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]
  • 1. Narrowing towards the top. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. [1913 Webster]

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