verb

Divide into two branches or forks.

just below Cairo the river bifurcates

branch,split,divide,subdivide,separate,part,diverge,go in different directions,go separate ways,bifurcate,split in two

adjective

Forked; branched.

a bifurcate tree

branching,branched,diverging,Y-shaped,V-shaped,pronged,divided,split,separated