fasciation

noun

1. The binding-up of a limb, etc., with bandages.

2. (obsolete) A bandage.

3. The process or state of being fasciated.

4. (botany) 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.