branchlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of branchlet
Example Sentences
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The length of the branchlet is much influenced by different soils and climates.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Nothing stirred; each leaf hung motionless from its branchlet as they passed.
From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
I separated the branchlet into two equal parts: one I placed in my bosom; the other, having fervently kissed, I enclosed in a folded sheet, upon which I wrote the words— “Tuyo—tuyo—hasta la muerte!”
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
Then I stretched my hand a little forward and plucked a branchlet from a great thorn-bush, and its trunk cried out, "Why dost thou rend me?"
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot
The presence of wax, as a bloom on the branchlet, is associated with trees in arid localities, especially Mexico, where it is very common.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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