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fastigiate¹

  • /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/

Where it comes from

From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

adjective more fastigiate · most fastigiate

  1. Erect and parallel. The branches of this species are fastigiate.
  2. Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches This is a fastigiate variety.
  3. Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain. The grains are 3-colporate and fastigiate.
  4. obsolete Tapering to a point We ascended the top of that noted hill, called Roseberry, or Ounsberry Topping, the top whereof is fastigiate, like a sugar-loaf, and serves for a sea-mark […]

fastigiate²

Where it comes from

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

noun fastigiates

  1. A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches. An evening spent with a good catalogue or gardening encyclopaedia will reveal an astonishingly wide range of both weepers and fastigiates.

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adj erect and parallel

Deutschaufwärtsgerichtet
Italianofastigiato

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@misc{fastigiate_2026,
  title = {fastigiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fastigiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}