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n. - A small stem growing from the trunk or from a limb of a tree; specifically : a shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem

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Usage examples (32)
  • The full moon is her face263and the branchlet is her shape,
  • He plucked a spruce branchlet and stripped away the needles.
  • Ordinarily the fallen needle — or branchlet — of a beach oak (CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA) is absolutely passive.
  • Gradually the most obstinate branchlet with its spray of leaves is drawn into juxtaposition with the main part of the mansion.
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