Fastigiate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Having erect and almost parallel branches tapering toward the top, as in the Lombardy poplar.
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  • adj. Erect and parallel
  • adj. Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
  • adj. Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
  • adj. Tapering to a point
  • n. A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Narrowing towards the top.
  • adj. Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.
  • adj. United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pointed; rising up to a point; narrowed to the top, as a sloping roof; sloping upward to a summit, point, or edge.
  • Specifically—2. In botany, having the branches parallel and erect, as in the Lombardy poplar.
  • 3. In zoology, tapering regularly to a more or less acute apex.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
    • Equivalent
    upright    vertical    erect    fastigiated   
    Cross Reference
    fastigiate elytra   
    Form
    fastigiated    fastigiation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pointed   
     
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