fastigiate

• [210 Climate appears sometimes to have some influence on the direction of branches, thus Dr. Falconer, as quoted by Darwin,[211] relates that in the hotter parts of India "the English Ribston-pippin apple, a Himalayan oak, a Prunus and a Pyrus all assume a fastigiate or pyramidal habit, and this fact is the more interesting as a Chinese tropical species of Pyrus naturally has this habit of growth. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• _Taxus_ has a fastigiate form which is much valued because of its ascending branches and pyramidal habit. —  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
• The fastigiate trees and shrubs are a counterpart of the weeping forms. —  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
• The fastigiate birch was produced in this way by —  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
• It is often called the pyramidal or fastigiate poplar. —  Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms