Definitions for: Fastigiate


[adj] (botany) having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)



Webster (1913) Definition: Fas*tig"i*ate, Fastigiated Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a.
[L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]
1. Narrowing towards the top.

2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches
of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.

3. (Zo["o]l.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle
with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

Synonyms: erect, upright, vertical

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