"fastigiate" meaning in English

See fastigiate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fæˈstɪd͡ʒ.i.ət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fastigiate.wav Forms: more fastigiate [comparative], most fastigiate [superlative]
Etymology: From New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”) (from fastīgium), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|fastīgiātus||peaked}} New Latin fastīgiātus (“peaked”), {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} fastigiate (comparative more fastigiate, superlative most fastigiate)
  1. (botany) Erect and parallel. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (erect and parallel): aufwärtsgerichtet (German), fastigiato (Italian)
    Sense id: en-fastigiate-en-adj-4sQBW7kR Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 21 34 40 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive): 19 28 31 5 16 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'erect and parallel': 78 19 2 1
  2. (botany, horticulture) Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches Categories (topical): Botany, Horticulture
    Sense id: en-fastigiate-en-adj-anc3Sqx~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 21 34 40 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive): 19 28 31 5 16 Topics: agriculture, biology, botany, business, horticulture, lifestyle, natural-sciences
  3. (palynology) Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain. Categories (topical): Palynology
    Sense id: en-fastigiate-en-adj-2Ngz~y0a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 25 46 2 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 21 34 40 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive): 19 28 31 5 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 17 68 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 23 50 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 20 57 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 24 53 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 24 56 5 Topics: biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, palynology, physical-sciences
  4. (obsolete) Tapering to a point Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fastigiate-en-adj-D3rCaefj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fastigiated, fastigiation, subfastigiate
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: fastigiates [plural]
Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|-ate|id1=substantive|pos1=noun-forming suffix}} -ate (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fastigiate (plural fastigiates)
  1. (horticulture) A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches. Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-fastigiate-en-noun-OHRmtxtb Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (substantive): 19 28 31 5 16 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.