| fastigiated | 1. Narrowing towards the top. 2. <botany> Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. 3. <zoology> United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. Origin: L. Fastigium gable end, top, height, summit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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