叉さ状じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

forked; branched; dichotomous

Technical term in botany and biology describing a Y-shaped or repeatedly forked branching pattern.

• この植しょく物ぶつは叉さ状じょうに枝えだ分わかれする。

  This plant branches dichotomously.

• 叉さ状じょう脈みゃくはシダ植しょく物ぶつによく見みられる。

  Forked venation is often seen in ferns.