fasciation

US: (fash′ē ā′shən)

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fas•ci•a•tion  (fash′ē ā′shən), n. 

1. the act of binding up or bandaging.
2. the process of becoming fasciate.
3. the resulting state.
4. Plant Diseases an abnormality in a plant, in which a stem enlarges into a flat, ribbonlike shape resembling several stems fused together.

• fasciate + -ion 1640–50