furcate
pronunciation
How to pronounce furcate in British English:
UK ['fɜ:keɪt]
How to pronounce furcate in American English:
US ['fɜkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Word Origin
- furcate (adj.)
- "forked, branching like the prongs of a fork," 1819, from Medieval Latin furcatus, from Latin furca "a two-pronged fork" (see fork (n.)). As a verb, from 1828 (implied in furcated).
Example
- 1. Leaf blade obovate , base truncate or obtuse , lateral veins spreading , often furcate on upper part ; fruit cylindric-globose or obovate .