| 单词 | fastigiate |
| 释义 | fastigiate (once / 274868 pages) adj A tree or shrub that is fastigiate has branches that point up. Sometimes the upward sloping branches of a fastigiate tree could look like they’re part of a single column. The word fastigiate comes from the world of botany. A tree that's fastigiate has branches that point up — they’re erect and almost parallel. This gives fastigiate trees a distinctive look, and some people like to plant them in the yard where they don’t have tons of space but want a tree. A Lombardy poplar and a kind of ginkgo biloba are fastigiate trees. Bushes or even branches can be described as fastigiate too. WORD FAMILYfastigiate USAGE EXAMPLESFastigiate, close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of Lombardy Poplar. Gray, Asa, The Elements of Botany—For Beginner...(2010) Beyond that there were many and large limbs; which, diverging only slightly, and in a fastigiate manner, carried the tree nearly as much higher. Zwecker, Johann Baptist, Bruin—The Grand Bear Hunt(2010) Fastigiate: flat-topped and of equal height: also applied to elytra that extend a little beyond the abdomen. Smith, John. B., Explanation of Terms Used in Entomo...(2010) adj having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) Syn erect, upright, vertical upright in position or posture |
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