Divaricate /(?)/

Di·var·i·cate

Divaricate

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating

  1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
  2. To diverge; to be divaricate.

Divaricate

v. t.
  1. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

Divaricate

a.
  1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
  2. Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. (Biol.)