bifurcate (adj.)

  1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; the biramous appendages of an arthropod; long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects; a forked river; a forked tail; forked lightning; horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots

    [ Syn: biramous , branched , forked , fork-like , forficate , pronged , prongy ]

    bifurcate (v.)

  1. split or divide into two

  2. divide into two branches; The road bifurcated'

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