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Branches that are widely ascending to divergent from the main axis.
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Diverging nearly at right angles ; nearly prostrate.
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Diverging at nearly a right angle from a structure; nearly prostrate.
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Directed outward; in grasses, often used to refer to hairs on an organ e.g. a leaf sheath, or to flowerhead branches that form an angle with the axis between that of upright and perpendicular i.e. between about 70º-90º.
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when the petals of a flower are at right angles with the central column.
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wetting of a surface by a liquid with a contact angle of about 0
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growing outward or horizontally.
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To extend or grow outward from a trunk or center. To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to uncurl.
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