Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-VAR'I-CATE
DI-VAR'I-CATE, a.
In botany, turning off from any thing irregularly, and almost at a right angle. – Lindley. Turning off so as to form an obtuse angle above, and an acute angle below. – DeCand. Willd.
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