Divaricate
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Divaricate means branching, or having separation or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide.{{cite book|author1=Hickey, M. |author2=King, C. |year=2001|title=The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
In botany
File:Grevillea rivularis RBG.jpg are described as divaricate.{{cite book|author=Harden, G.J.|year=2001|title=Flora of New South Wales|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=9780868406091|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtKLQQlu0qkC}}]]
In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of plants. Plants are said to be divaricating when their growth form is such that each internode diverges widely from the previous internode, producing an often tightly interlaced shrub or small tree.{{cite book|title=Flora of New Zealand|author= Allen H. H.|publisher =P D Hasselbery|date=1982|volume=1|page=981}} Of the 72 small leaved shrubs found on the Banks Peninsula, for example, some 38 are divaricating.{{cite book|title=Plant Life on Banks Peninsula|publisher=Manuka Press|author= Hugh D Wilson|date= 2013}}
See also
- Diastasis (pathology), a medical term for separation of parts
- Laciniate