Re: Taro Anomaly (Pictures)
- Subject: Re: Taro Anomaly (Pictures)
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@infi.net
- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 12:49:11 -0400
At 09:38 AM 9/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Richard,
>I think the term is 'fasciation'.
>
>Richard Dufresne wrote:
>
>>
>> I've seen various instances of fastigation (from Latin 'sloping to a point')
>> where multiple branches emerge from a node and have connective tissue
>> between them for part of the distance. This feature reminds me of sci-fi
>> modified humans with webbing between their fingers as if they were modified
>> to live underwater.
OOPS!
Fasciation - the botanical definition certainly sounds more appropriate.
A malformation in plants, in which a stem or branch becomes flattened and
widened laterally in the shape of a ribbon. -- from fascia Latin for band,
fillet
I wonder what the other relevant terms are for the other phenomena I alluded to.
Richard F. Dufresne
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