divaricate
di·var·i·cate • v. [intr.] / dīˈvariˌkāt; di-/ technical or poetic/lit. stretch or spread apart; diverge widely: her crow's feet are divaricating like deltas.• adj. / -kit; -ˌkāt/ Bot. (of a branch) coming off the stem almost at a right angle.DERIVATIVES: di·var·i·ca·tion / -ˌvariˈkāshən/ n.
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