D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Brachiate

· Brach·i·ate · IPA /ˈbɹækɪət/
01 a. Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
  1. 1.
    Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.(Bot.)