fasciation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French fasciation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fæsɪˈeɪʃən/ === Noun === fasciation (countable and uncountable, plural fasciations) The binding up of a limb, etc., with bandages. (obsolete) A bandage. The process or state of being fasciated. (botany) Abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip) becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested, or elaborately contorted tissue. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === fasciation f (plural fasciations) (botany) fasciation === Further reading === “fasciation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012