Saturday Word: Fasciation

[med_cat]

Today's word is brought to you by one of my erudite friends, minoanmiss
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Fasciation (pronounced /ˌfæʃiˈeɪʃən/, from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of

abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces

approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like,

crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.[1] Fasciation may also cause plant parts to increase in weight and volume in some

instances.[2] The phenomenon may occur in the stem, root, fruit, or flower head.


You can read more and see some illustrations in this Wikipedia article

And there are lots more amazing illustrations in this article from MSN Lifestyle

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Woot! I think autocorrect autocorrected the title tho

[med_cat]

*Sigh* as I have auto-correct turned off, that must've been me...

Thank you; corrected :)

[sallymn]

Oh I like it :)

[med_cat]

:)

[prettygoodword]

We see that in some cactuses, hereabouts.

[full_metal_ox]

🎶 It was fasciation, I know;
Mutant deviations in which plants can grow! 🎵

[med_cat]

Cool :) Perhaps you could post a photo sometime? :)

[med_cat]

Hehe, good one ;)