twig
noun
a slender shoot of a tree or other plant.
twiglike
-
a word derived from
twig.
Example Sentences
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The bread basket could pass for a bakery, filled as it is with twiglike grissini, tender focaccia, an Italian roll that tastes like a flaky croissant flavored with Parmesan and sometimes even slices of pizza.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
The wrenching spectacle of child polio victims begging in that nation’s streets, with their twiglike legs folded beneath them, is now history.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 23, 2019
In fall, the short, twiglike deciduous trees scattered around should show their golden leaves.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 13, 2014
A nurse tries for half an hour to inject antibiotics into Amoni's twiglike arm, its wrinkled skin wrapped loosely around the bones.
From Time Magazine Archive
His fingers, swollen-knuckled and twiglike, fumbled with the topaz that hung on a heavy silver chain about his neck.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
