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Webster 1913 Edition

Divaricate

Di-var′i-cate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Divaricated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Divaricating
.]
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

Di-var′i-cate

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Divaricate

DIVARICATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L., to straddle.] To open; to fork; to part into two branches.

DIVARICATE

,
Verb.
T.
to divide into two branches.

DIVARICATE

,
Adj.
In botany, standing out wide. A divaricate branch forms an obtuse angle with the stem. It is applied also to panicles, peduncles and petioles.

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