fastigiate

[ fa-stij-ee-it, -eyt ]

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.

fastigiate

/ 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

Other Words From

• sub·fas·tig·i·ate adjective
• sub·fas·tig·i·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fastigiate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fastigiate¹

C17: from Medieval Latin fastīgiātus lofty, from Latin fastīgium height

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.

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

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TREES, varieties of, suddenly produced. -weeping or pendulous. -fastigiate or pyramidal. -with variegated or changed foliage. -early or late in leaf. -forest. -non-application of selection to.

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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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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.

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