adjective. Having erect, clustered, almost parallel branches, as in the Lombardy poplar.

Pointed; rising up to a point; narrowed to the top, as a sloping roof; sloping upward to a summit, point, or edge.

Specifically—2. In botany, having the branches parallel and erect, as in the Lombardy poplar.

3. In zoology, tapering regularly to a more or less acute apex.

adjective. Narrowing towards the top.

adjective. Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.

adjective. United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

adjective. Erect and parallel

adjective. Having closely-bunched erect parallel branches

adjective. Characterized by a fastigium, a cavity separating the intexine from the sexine near the endoaperture of a colporate pollen grain.

adjective. Tapering to a point

noun. A tree or shrub with erect, parallel branches.

adjective. having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)

"The opposite change occurs in what are termed fastigiate varieties, where the branches, in place of assuming more or less of a horizontal direction, become erect and nearly parallel with the main stem as in the"

fastigiate elytra  

erect  fastigiated  upright  vertical  

fastigiated  fastigiation  

pointed