Fasiyasyon
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thumb|275px|Wyethia helianthoides or mule's ear wildflower (on right) showing fasciation thumb|200px|A "crested" saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), resulting from fasciation, located at Saguaro National Park (West), Arizona, U.S. Fasciation (pronounced , 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 directio
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Within Vinony's link graph, Fasiyasyon is referenced by 33 other articles, and connects out to strawberry, Cactus and meristem.
It is catalogued under topics including Botany and Plant morphology.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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