divaricate
pronunciation
How to pronounce divaricate in British English:
UK [daɪ'værɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce divaricate in American English:
US [daɪ'værəˌkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- branch off
- spread apart
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The two roads divaricate here .
- 2. Follicles divaricate , thick , narrowly ovoid , apex acuminate .
- 3. Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves ; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour .
- 4. Middle lobe of lower corolla lip 2-lobulate , lobules divaricate , conspicuously dentate .
- 5. Effects of n-butanol extract of divaricate saposhnikovia ( saposhnikovia divaricata ) on blood rheology in rat .