FASTIGIATE

fastigiate. Fastigiate, a. proportioned in length so as to form an even surface, as the footstalks of a flower

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{ Fas‐tig″i‐ate (?), Fas‐tig″i‐a′ted (?), } a. [[L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]] 1. 1. Narrowing towards the top.
2. 2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.