Definitions for divaricate

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divaricate di·var·i·cate

Spelling: [verb dahy-var-i-keyt, di-; adjective dahy-var-

IPA: /verb daɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪt, dɪ-; adjective daɪˈvær ə kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, dɪ-/

Divaricate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 487 anagrams from letters in divaricate (aacdeiirtv).

Definitions for divaricate

adjective

1. spread apart; widely divergent.
2. Botany, Zoology. branching at a wide angle.

verb (used without object)

1. to spread apart; branch; diverge.
2. Botany, Zoology. to branch at a wide angle.

Origin of divaricate

1615-25; Latin dīvāricātus (past participle of dīvāricāre), equivalent to dī di-² + vāric- (base of vāricāre to straddle; see pre

Examples for divaricate

The book fell upon her knees, and dreamily she watched the perspective open and divaricate.

Stems or branches pinnate: pinnae or branches alternate, straight, divaricate.

Branches irregular, divaricate nearly at rightangles, subalternate.