fastigiate

1. 1.

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

   Similarerect

   botany

Questions about fastigiate

What does fastigiate mean?

fastigiate means "having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)".

How many syllables are in fastigiate?

fastigiate has 4 syllables and divides as fa-sti-gi-ate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is fastigiate a common word?

fastigiate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.