divaricated

Variant of divaricate

intransitive verb, transitive verb divaricated, divaricating

to spread widely apart; separate into diverging parts or branches; fork; branch

Origin: < L divaricatus, pp. of divaricare, to spread apart < dis-, apart + varicare, to straddle: see prevaricate

adjective

spreading or branching far apart; widely diverging
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