branchlet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of branchlet
Example Sentences
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Or a summer-shoot may appear on vigorous branches of any species with the result of converting a uninodal spring-shoot into an imperfect multinodal branchlet.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
The color of the branchlet, its lustre, the presence of minute hairs, etc., are often suggestions for determining species.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Each season's growth of leaves hangs from the branchlet like a long beard, from which the tree receives, in some localities, the name "Pino barba caida."
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Then stretched I forth my hand a little forward, And plucked a branchlet off from a great thorn; And the trunk cried, "Why dost thou mangle me?"
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Nothing stirred; each leaf hung motionless from its branchlet as they passed.
From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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