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- noun Plural form of
fasciation .
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Examples
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Even the elongated pith of a transversely cut, woody, fasciated stem only marks the intimate union of several branches, and Prof. Hincks, whose views the writer entirely shares, has noticed instances of the union of two, and of only two, stems where the internal appearance was the same as in other fasciations.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Moquin, moreover, raises the objection that it is unlikely that several branches should become united lengthwise in one plane only, and, further, that in the greater number of fasciations all the other branches which should be present are to be found -- not one is wanting, not one has disappeared, as might have been anticipated had fusion taken place.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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We have dealt with torsions and fasciations and with seedling variations at some length, in order to point out the phases needing investigation according to recent views.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Twisted stems and fasciations are very striking monstrosities.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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"There were a number of anomalies entirely comparable to those induced by ionizing radiation -- stem fasciations, growth stimulation, induction of extra vegetative buds and stem tumors," he swore in a 1984 affidavit.
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