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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

fasciato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: faʃˈʃaːto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fasciate/ˈfæʃ.i.eɪt/
adjectiveverbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il fusto della pianta è cresciuto in modo fasciato."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Bound together in a bundle, or marked with broad transverse bands or stripes.

    "The rare cactus specimen exhibited a distinctly fasciate stem growth pattern."
As verb
  1. 1

    To become flattened or distorted into a bundled, ribbon-like shape, often as a result of abnormal plant growth.

    "Genetic mutations can cause the main growing tip of the plant to fasciate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'fascia' meaning a band, ribbon, or fillet, combined with the suffix '-ate'. The botanical and zoological terminology emerged in the early 19th century to describe structures or growths resembling bundled bands or ribbons.

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