Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In bot.:
  • Banded or compacted together.
  • Same as fasciated, 2.
  • In zoology, marked with a fascia or with fasciæ. See fascia, 8.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
  • adjective Banded or compacted together.
  • adjective Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) Broadly banded with color.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To bind.
  • verb To apply fascia.
  • adjective Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.
  • adjective botany Banded or compacted together.
  • adjective botany Flattened and laterally widened.
  • adjective zoology Broadly banded with colour.

Etymologies

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From Latin fasciare, to swathe or bind.

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