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fasciation

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fas⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [fash-ee-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of binding up or bandaging.
2. the process of becoming fasciate.
3. the resulting state.
4. an abnormality in a plant, in which a stem enlarges into a flat, ribbonlike shape resembling several stems fused together.
Origin:
1640–50; fasciate + -ion
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fas·ci·a·tion   (fās'ē-ā'shən, fāsh'ē-)   
n.  

  1. The act of binding up or fastening, as with bandages.

  2. The manner in which something is bound up or fastened.

  3. Botany An abnormal flattening or coalescence of stems, as in broccoli.

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