Brāch'i-ate, a.
a. [Lat. brachiātus, with boughs or branches like arms; brachium, arm.] (Bot.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. Greg.
a. [Lat. brachiātus, with boughs or branches like arms; brachium, arm.] (Bot.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. Greg.