branch
noun
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
branchlike
-
a word derived from
branch.
Example Sentences
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Chinese media dubbed the branchlike patterns carved by trickling waters “Earth tree,” calling the lake’s condition a warning about a dangerous future of intensifying extreme weather.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
In one task, they coaxed the subjects to jump across gaps of different distances from branchlike wooden rods that behaved like diving boards.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2021
The branchlike substance he coughed up reminded her of the blood clots removed from patients’ lungs that sometimes retained the shape of the branching blood vessels they came from.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2020
At the end of the axon are branchlike terminals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The cusps end in knobs like thistle-heads, and are themselves rather branchlike.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
