What is the meaning of bifurcate?

verb

  • Split or divide into two.
  • Divide into two branches.
    • usage: "The road bifurcated"

adjective

  • Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
    • usage: "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"
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