Definition of fasciated in English:
fasciated
adjective ˈfaʃɪeɪtɪdˈfaʃɪətɪdˈfā-
Botany Showing abnormal fusion of parts or organs, resulting in a flattened ribbon-like structure.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fasciated stem extended in one plane, and the phyllotaxy of floral primordia was irregular.
- One out of three putative double mutants that were transferred to soil developed a fasciated stem and a structure similar to an aerial rosette (data not shown).
- They take cutting material from it and produce completely fasciated plants, such as the Stags Horn Ash and the conifer Cryptomeria japonica fasciata.
- Look for a plant with a lot of these branches, as some plants are more heavily fasciated than others.
Derivatives
noun faʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n
Botany The only reference I could find to the phenomenon in a modern textbook was in a handbook of ill health in trees, where fasciation is described as ‘a usually transitory curiosity’.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its unusual twisted stems are broad and flattened at their ends, a genetic condition botanists know as fasciation.
- These unstable phenotypes that varied between siblings included widely variable flower morphology, stem fasciation, variation in rosette leaves, and anthocyanin variegation of the stem.
Origin
Mid 18th century (in the sense 'banded'): from Latin fasciatus (past participle of fasciare 'swathe', from fascia 'band') + -ed1.