"bifurcate" in the verb sense
1. bifurcate
split or divide into two
2. bifurcate
divide into two branches
"The road bifurcated"
"bifurcate" in the adjective sense
1. bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy
resembling a fork divided or separated into two branches
"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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