fasciation

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.
 * 2)  A bandage.
 * 3) The process or state of being fasciated.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  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.