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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

A stem may be unbranched, like that of a palm tree, or it may be highly branched, like that of a magnolia tree.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

From the very persistent underground parts annual, usually unbranched stems, sometimes 3 feet tall, are produced in more or less abundance.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains

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