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FASTIGIATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fastigiate mean?
• FASTIGIATE (adjective)
The adjective FASTIGIATE has 1 sense:
1. having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
Familiarity information: FASTIGIATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
Similar:
erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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