Fastigiate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FASTIG'IATE, FASTIG'IATED, a ... point, fastigium, a top or peak.] 1. In botany, a fastigiate stem is one whose branches are of an equal height. Peduncles are fastigiate, when they elevate the fructifications in a bunch, so as ... narrowing toward the top; especially having upright usually clustered branches < fastigiate trees > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. Bot. 1 having a conical ... branches. Etymology: L fastigium gable-top Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fastigiate Fas*tig"i*ate, Fastigiated Fas*tig"i*a`ted ...
... inflorescence, or manner of flowering, in which several upright, parallel, fastigiate, approximating flowers are collected together. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ...