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unbranched

American  
[uhn-brancht] / ˌʌnˈbræntʃt /

adjective

  1. not divided into branches.

  2. having no branches.

  3. Chemistry. straight-chain.


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It can grow more than 12 feet tall, producing what is considered the largest unbranched flower structure in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

Normally, a pollen grain that sticks to the stigma of a flower during pollination germinates into a long tube that grows straight and unbranched through the ovary to the ovules, where fertilisation takes place.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2024

He said giddily that they were corpse flowers — not orchids, but unbranched inflorescences known for their putrid odor — that were monitored and measured in preparation for their big debut.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2023

Amylose is composed of unbranched chains of glucose monomers connected by α 1,4 glycosidic linkages.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Flowers in globose woolly heads terminating leafless unbranched stalks ERIOCAULACEAE, p.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

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