What Is Meant by Fastigiate?

: narrowing toward the top especially : having upright usually clustered branches fastigiate trees.

What is a Fastigiate tree?

Fastigiate or columnar evergreens have a naturally tall and narrow habit of growing with erect branches that have the appearance of forming an erect column.

What does Allective mean?

1. (obsolete) Alluring. adjective.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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