What does "divaricate" mean?
Divaricate: To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.
Additional senses
- 2.To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.
- 3.Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.
- 4.(Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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