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Synonyms
bi·fur·cate (bī́fər-kāt́, bī-fûŕ-)

[Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged, bi-, two; see bi–1, + furca, fork.]

verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. 

transitive verb 

To divide into two parts or branches.

intransitive verb 

To separate into two parts or branches; fork.

adjective 

Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.

derivatives

bífur·catély
adverb
bífur·cátion
noun