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fastigiate

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Adjective
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fas=tig=i=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

fastigiatea. [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.].
  •  Narrowing towards the top.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.  [1913 Webster]
  •  United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fastigiate, adj. Bot.
1 having a conical or tapering outline.
2 having parallel upright branches.

Etymology
L fastigium gable-top

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