fastigiate.
Erect and parallel.
Meaning & usage
Erect and parallel.
The branches of this species are fastigiate.
Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
This is a fastigiate variety.
Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.
Tapering to a point
Where this word comes from
From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
Where this word comes from
From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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