# Divaricate

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{{Short description|Term used for a branching pattern}}
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'''Divaricate''' means branching, or having separation or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hickey, M. |author2=King, C. |year=2001|title=The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>

==In botany==
[[File:Grevillea rivularis RBG.jpg|thumb|right|The leaf lobes of ''[Grevillea rivularis](/source/Grevillea_rivularis)'' are described as divaricate.<ref>{{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}}</ref>]]

In botany, the [term](/source/Glossary_of_botanical_terms) is often used to describe the branching pattern of [plant](/source/plant)s.  Plants are said to be divaricating when their growth form is such that each [internode](/source/Internode_(botany)) diverges widely from the previous internode, producing an often tightly interlaced shrub or small tree.<ref>{{cite book|title=Flora of New Zealand|author= Allen H. H.|publisher =P D Hasselbery|date=1982|volume=1|page=981}}</ref> Of the 72 small leaved shrubs found on the [Banks Peninsula](/source/Banks_Peninsula), for example, some 38 are divaricating.<ref>{{cite book|title=Plant Life on Banks Peninsula|publisher=Manuka Press|author= Hugh D Wilson|date= 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Diastasis (pathology)](/source/Diastasis_(pathology)), a medical term for separation of parts
* [Laciniate](/source/Glossary_of_botanical_terms)

== References ==
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Category:Plant morphology
Category:Medical terminology

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