Definition of 'bifurcate'

Verb

1. split or divide into two
2. divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"

Adjective

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"
      Synonyms: biramous branched forked fork-like forficate pronged prongy

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