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DIVARICATED
Adjective
divaricated (comparative more divaricated, superlative most divaricated)
Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
Verb
divaricated
simple past tense and past participle of divaricate
Source: Wiktionary
DIVARICATE
Di*var"i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] Etym: [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]
1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.
Di*var"i*cate, v. t.
Definition: To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Di*var"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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