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divaricate
[dahy-var -i-keyt, dih-, dahy-var -uh -kit, -keyt, dih-]
/ daɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪt, dɪ-, daɪˈvær ə kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, dɪ- /
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A. contortus.Racemes two, both sessile, or one sessile and the other pedicelled on a peduncle which is more or less sheathed by a proper spathe, divaricate or deflexed.
From
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
by Rangachari, K.
We divaricate so much, as Dr Johnson said.
From
James Boswell
Famous Scots Series
by Leask, W. Keith (William Keith)
The book fell upon her knees, and dreamily she watched the perspective open and divaricate.
From
Parrot & Co.
by MacGrath, Harold
Parasitic upon Polyzoa, etc. circinate branched--branches irregular divaricate.
From
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850.
Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
by MacGillivray, John
Stems or branches pinnate: pinnae or branches alternate, straight, divaricate.
From
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850.
Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
by MacGillivray, John
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