Definitions for fasciation

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fasciation fas·ci·a·tion

Spelling: [fash-ee-ey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌfæʃ iˈeɪ ʃən/

Fasciation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 492 anagrams from letters in fasciation (aacfiinost).

Definitions for fasciation

noun

1. the act of binding up or bandaging.
2. the process of becoming fasciate.
3. the resulting state.
4. an abnormality in a plant, in which a stem enlarges into a flat, ribbonlike shape resembling several stems fused together.

Origin of fasciation

First recorded in 1640-50; fasciate + -ion

Examples for fasciation

The list which is appended is intended to show those plants in which fasciation has been most frequently observed.

In all, with the exception of the first-named, the fasciation occurred in the inflorescence.

Frequently also this condition is associated with fasciation, or, at least, with a distended or dilated state.

Cohesion of the leaves frequently accompanies the union of the branches and fasciation as might have been anticipated.

Adhesion of the inflorescence is necessarily a frequent accompaniment of fasciation and cohesion of the branches.

In some species of Artabotrys, indeed, fasciation and curvation of the inflorescence are common.