Associations to the word «Fastigiate»

Wiktionary

FASTIGIATE, adjective. (botany) Erect and parallel
FASTIGIATE, adjective. (botany) (gardening) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches
FASTIGIATE, adjective. (palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
FASTIGIATE, adjective. (obsolete) Tapering to a point
FASTIGIATE, noun. (gardening) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

Dictionary definition

FASTIGIATE, adjective. Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats