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fasciate

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fas⋅ci⋅ate

  [fash-ee-eyt -ee-it]
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–adjective
1. bound with a band, fillet, or bandage.
2. Botany. abnormally compressed into a band or bundle, as stems grown together.
3. Zoology.
a. composed of bundles.
b. bound together in a bundle.
c. marked with a band or bands.
Also, fas⋅ci⋅at⋅ed.

Origin:
1650–60; fasci(a) + -ate 1

Related forms:
fas⋅ci⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
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fas·ci·ate   (fāsh'ē-āt')   
adj.  

  1. Botany Abnormally flattened or coalesced, as certain stems.

  2. Zoology Marked by broad bands of color, as certain insects.


[Latin fasciātus, from fascia, band.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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