adjective
- spreading widely apart; diverging at a wide angle
Usage: botanical; technical
Examples
- The divaricating branches of the shrub created an open, spreading canopy.
- Botanists noted the plant’s divaricating growth pattern in their field guide.
- The tree’s divaricating limbs formed wide angles with the trunk.
- Her research focused on species with divaricating branch structures.
- The divaricating stems made the bush appear more open than dense varieties.