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multifurcate
multifurcate adj. 
/ˌmʌltɪˈfəːkət/, /ˌməltiˈfərkət/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈfərˌkeɪt/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈfərkət/, /ˌməltəˈfərˌkeɪt/, /ˌməltəˈfərkət/ forked or branched in multiple directions; also figurative.
Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈfəːkeɪt/
, /ˌmʌltɪˈfəːkeɪt//ˌmʌltɪˈfəːkət/U.S. /ˌməltiˈfərˌkeɪt/
, /ˌməltiˈfərˌkeɪt//ˌməltiˈfərkət//ˌməlˌtaɪˈfərˌkeɪt//ˌməlˌtaɪˈfərkət//ˌməltəˈfərˌkeɪt//ˌməltəˈfərkət/ΚΠ
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 221 Why bifurcate rather than multifurcate?
1863 Philos. Trans. 1862 (Royal Soc.) 152 834 Spinulo-multifurcate hexradiate stellate (Plate XXXVI. fig. 41).
1944 Amer. Midland Naturalist 31 560 Specimens differing..in greater tube diameter and multifurcate rather than dichotomous branching.
1981 New Phytologist 88 387 Dominant among the megaspores from Taff Gorge, are those with multifurcate and bifurcate tipped processes.
1992 E. George For Sake of Elena xxi. 414 Anger, hatred, bitterness, envy. And a terror of abjuring any of them in order to allow her heart to begin to feel the full strength of what had to be a multifurcate grief.
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