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fastigiate

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fas⋅tig⋅i⋅ate

  [fa-stij-ee-it, -eyt]
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–adjective
1. rising to a pointed top.
2. Zoology. joined together in a tapering adhering group.
3. Botany.
a. erect and parallel, as branches.
b. having such branches.
Also, fas⋅tig⋅i⋅at⋅ed.

Origin:
1655–65; < L fastīgi(um) height, highest point + -ate 1
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fas·tig·i·ate   (fā-stĭj'ē-ĭt)   
adj.   Botany
Having erect and almost parallel branches tapering toward the top, as in the Lombardy poplar.

[Medieval Latin fastīgiātus, high, from Latin fastīgium, apex, height.]
fas·tig'i·ate·ly adv.
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