furcationn.
/fəːˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /fərˈkeɪʃən/ A forking or branching; hence, a fork-like division or branch.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > fork-like
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] > place where divergence occurs
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > branching part
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. ix. 124 When they [deer] grow old, they..first doe lose their..brow Antlers or, lowest furcations next the head. View more context for this quotation
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 71 There are two modes of branching:—1. By a simple furcation of the extremity of a branch.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 36 Another furcation of it passes by Eastern Borneo.
1874 M. C. Cooke Fungi 52 The furcations being made in such a manner that the ends of the branch at last so stand together that their surface forms a ball.
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