ppl. a. [f. med.L. furcāt-us + -ED1.] = FURCATE a.

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1828.  Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 426. Ramuli furcated at the apex.

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1847–9.  R. B. Todd, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, IV. 401/1. Chætonotus and Ichthydium possess a furcated foot.

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1859.  W. H. Gregory, Egypt, I. 174. The dôm-palm … invariably divides at a certain height into two branches, and these again … become furcated.

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1874.  M. Cooke, Fungi (1875), ii. 52. Each of these, after a short and simple process, branch out into a furcated form.

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