fastigiate
A fastigiate Mediterranean cypress
Meanings
Adjective
- Erect and parallel
- Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
- Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
- Tapering to a point
Noun
- A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.
Origin
- From Latin fastigiatus, from fastigium.
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