fastigiate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)

WordNet

Fas*tig"i*ate, Fas*tig"i*a`ted adjective (Also<
  • Fastigiate
  • Fastigiated
)
Etymology
L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.
Definitions
  1. Narrowing towards the top.
  2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.
  3. (Zoöl.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

Webster 1913