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Definition of Divaricated
1. Adjective. spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem ¹
2. Verb. (past of divaricate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divaricated
1. divaricate [v] - See also: divaricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divaricated
Literary usage of Divaricated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"By this restriction telegraphic and telephonic messages were practically divaricated
in service, although identical in law. The subjoined table (XVI. ..."
2. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"... near which the species ranks. much below the middle, with numerous slender,
red, glandular, extremely divaricated branches ..."
3. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... bright lemon-yellow ; branches divaricated, angular, lacunoso- rugose, more
or less compressed at the axils ; the ultimate branches slender, ..."
4. The British Flower Garden: Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of ...by Robert Sweet by Robert Sweet (1838)
"Anthers yellow, 2-cells, cells divaricated at the base, and opening along their
outer edge; pollen granules small, oblong. Pistil as long as the stamens. ..."
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