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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