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branchlet

[ branch-lit, brahnch- ]

noun

  1. a small branch or a subdivision of a branch.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of branchlet1

First recorded in 1725–35; branch + -let
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He observed branchlets of axons “in the manner of moss or brambles on a wall,†oftentimes supported by “a short, delicate stem like a flowerâ€; a year later he settled on the term “mossy fibers.â€

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Roth’s weeping fig is a classic example: braided trunk, delicately drooping branchlets, and a dense shock of glossy leaves about 2 inches long .

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Aments borne on short lateral leafy branchlets; scales yellowish, falling before the capsules mature; filaments hairy below, all free; style very short or obsolete; stigmas thick, notched.

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The dark and gloomy appearance of the tree impresses itself upon the spectator, and so, if he camps near it at night, does the melancholy moaning of the wind through its pendent whip-like branchlets.

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The small, stemless, opposite leaves, each divided almost to its base into two leaflets, spread butterfly-like upon the slender branchlets.

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