Divaricate
Divaricate , intransitive verb
[Latin divaricatus, past participle of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, from varicus straddling, from varus stretched outwards.]
1.
To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
2.
To diverge; to be divaricate. — Woodward
Divaricate , transitive verb
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
Divaricate , adjective
[Latin divaricatus, p. p.]
1.
Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
2.
(Biology) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.