fastigiate

  1. Adjective.  (botany) Erect and parallel.
  2. Adjective.  (botany, gardening) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches.
  3. Adjective.  (palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.
  4. Adjective.  (obsolete) Tapering to a point.
  5. Noun.  (gardening) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

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