fas|tig|i|ate

fas|tig|i|ate
fas|tig|i|ate «fas TIHJ ee iht, -ayt», adjective.
1. rising or tapering to a pointed top.
2. Botany. a) pointing upward and parallel, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar. b) having branches like this.
3. Zoology. fastened together in a cone-shaped bunch.
[< Latin fastīgium apex of a gable; summit]

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