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Divaricate means branching, or having separation or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide.
In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of
In botany
In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of plant
Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...
s. 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. Of the 72 small leaved shrubs found on the Banks Peninsula, for example, some 38 are divaricating.
In medicine
See also
* Diastasis (pathology), a medical term for separation of parts * LaciniateReferences
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