divaricate
/daɪˈværɪkeɪt/
verb
- To branch off or diverge, especially at a wide angle.
- Their opinions divaricate sharply on the issue of school funding.
- In the plant, the stems divaricate from the main trunk at nearly right angles.
- The road divaricates into two smaller paths just past the old mill.
Antonyms
adjective
- Spreading widely apart; diverging.
- She noticed the divaricate pattern of veins on the leaf.
- The divaricate branches of the oak tree created a broad canopy.
- The artist painted a landscape with divaricate river channels.