bifurcate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bifurcate
    adj 1: 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" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {branched},
           {forked}, {fork-like}, {forficate}, {pronged}, {prongy}]
    v 1: split or divide into two
    2: divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
   bi- + furcate.]
   1. Two-pronged; forked.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated
      populations

   Syn: chesty.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
   To divide into two branches.
   [1913 Webster]