fastigiated

Fas*tig"i*ate, Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.] 1. Narrowing towards the top. 2. (Bot.) Defn: Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

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