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Definition of furcate

What does furcate mean?

verb

1. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   • synonyms: branch / fork / ramify / separate
   • more generic: diverge = move or draw apart
   • more specific:
     • arborise / arborize = branch out like trees
     • twig = branch out in a twiglike manner
     • bifurcate = divide into two branches
     • trifurcate = divide into three

Alternative definition

adjective

1. Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
   • synonyms: cloven, forked

verb

1. To fork or branch out.

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions about furcate

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Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge (1858)

Second supplement by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

furcate is a half-succulent plant, inhabiting the most sterile regions of south- western Africa. It yields in some abundance » brittle resin-like substance, which gives out a fragrant odour when burnt, and has been called African Bdellium ; » 15 ...

The National Druggist (1919)

Furcate means forked. Node is the place on the stem where the leaf is joined. Capillary means thin like a hair.

Dictionary of Insect Morphology (1999)

by Lajos Zombori, Henrik Steinmann

vena transversalis furcillata 257 vena analis furcillata apicalis -* apical furcate anal vein vena analis furcillata basalis -* basal furcate anal vein vena analis prima -* first anal vein vena analis quarta -» fourth anal vein vena analis quinta -» fifth ...

A dictionary of entomology (2001)

by G. Gordh, D. H. Headrick

Furcate sclerites of systematists (MacGillivray).

FURCATE Adj. (Latin, furca = fork; -atus = adjectival suffix.) Forked. Alt. Furcated; Furcatus. See Furca. Cf. Branched; Dendritic. FURCATE PLATES Coccids: See Furcapectinae ( MacGillivray).

The People's dictionary and every-day encyclopedia (1883)

comprising all the information needed upon any subject in daily use : a hand-book for everybody for each day in the year

Furcate, a Forked.

Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (1723)

Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art, But the Arts Themselves by John Harris

Furcate Os. Furcella. Furcula Superior G. Gall. Bladder. Galactophori. Gargareon. Gasterochnemium. Gasterochnemius Extern**. Internus. Gastero Epiploica. Gemellus. Gemini; Geminous Arteries; Gena Mala. Generation. Geriioglossum.

A lexicon of terms used in natural history (1850)

prepared for schools, colleges and families by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger

Bi'furcate. — fr. lat. bis, twice ; fur- ca, fork. To divide or separate into two branches. Divided or separated into two branches. Bifurca'tion. — fr. lat. bis, twice ; furca, a fork. The point where two branches separate. Biola'ndular Having two glands.

a dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns

by Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, John Christopher Willis

Furcate, forked. Furcraea Vent. Amaryllidaceae (11). 20 trop. Am. Like Agave ; infl . even larger. F. gigantea Vent, yields fibre (Mauritius hemp). Furcroya Rafin. = Furcraea Vent. (Amaryll.). Furfuraceous, with soft scales. Furze, Ulex europaeus ...

The Describer's Dictionary (1995)

A Treasury of Terms & Literary Quotations by David Grambs

mitriform bowed or arched arcuate, bandy bowl-shaped crateriform brain-like cerebriform branched furcal, furcate branched slightly furcellate brush-shaped muscariform, scopiform, scopulate, scopuliform, aspergilliform bubble-like bulliform ...

CRC world dictionary of plant names. 1. A - C (2000)

by Umberto Quattrocchi

English: furcate craniotome China: cu ...

Dictionary of Botany (2005)

by Varun Shastri

Furcate : Forked, also as bifurcate, trifurcate etc. Furfuraceus : Scurfy, provided with soft scales Furlong : English unit of length equal to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 poles, 10 chains or one-eighth of an English mile ...

The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster (1830)

by Edinburgh encyclopaedia, David Brewster (sir)

Labial palpi furcate. Feet contractile. Antennae short, serrated, lodged in a rim of the thorax. Sp. 1. Monstrosa.

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Scrabble value of F₄U₁R₁C₃A₁T₁E₁

The value of this 7-letter word is 12 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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