Divarication Definition

dī-vărĭ-kāshən, dĭ-
noun
The act of divaricating.
American Heritage Medicine
A divaricating, or branching.
Webster's New World
The condition of being divaricate.
American Heritage Medicine
A difference of opinion.
Webster's New World

(botany) The growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace.

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Other Word Forms of Divarication

Noun

Singular:
divarication
Plural:
divarications

Origin of Divarication

  • Latin divaricat-, past participle stem of divaricare, from di- + varicare ‘stretch (the legs) apart’

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