Divaricate means branching, or separation, or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide. ==In botany== In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of plants. Divaricate branching is roughly horizontal, usually only diverging about 15 degrees upward or downward.{verify source|date=January 2014} ==In medicine... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divaricate
• (a.) Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. • (v. i.) To diverge; to be divaricate. • (a.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. • (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. • (v. t.) To divide into two br... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/divaricate/
Di·var'i·cate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Divaricated ; present participle & verbal noun Divaricating .] [ Latin divaricatus , past participle of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/101