divaricate

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
2. adjective Having wide angles between the branches.

Similar words

deviate diverge divagate branch off fork off divert disperse branch spread out dispart

Often followed by

spines or and branches in at lobes from

Word family

divaricated divaricates divaricating