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branchlet

noun
branch·​let | \ ˈbranch-lət How to pronounce branchlet (audio) \

Definition of branchlet

: a small usually terminal branch

Examples of branchlet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Roth’s weeping fig is a classic example: braided trunk, delicately drooping branchlets, and a dense shock of glossy leaves about 2 inches long . — Los Angeles Times, "How the weeping fig became the ‘It’ plant of the gardening world (again)," 15 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of branchlet

circa 1731, in the meaning defined above

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