 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bifurcate
adjective: 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}, {forficate},
{pronged}, {prongy}]
verb
1: split or divide into two
2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, verb (used without an object)
To divide into two branches.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, adjective [Pref.
bi- + furcate.]
1. Two-pronged; forked.
2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated
populations
Syn: chesty.
[WordNet 1.5]
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