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branchery|ˈbrɑːnʃərɪ, -æ-|
[f. branch n. + -ery.]
Branches collectively. lit. and fig.
1830Coleridge Ch. & St. (1839) 131. 1847 Sara Coleridge in Biog. Lit. Introd. 125 All the branchery of mystic beliefs and superstitious practices. 1855Bailey Mystic 85 That tree..From whose umbrageous branchery human fruit..In sacred ripeness dropped.
†b. Applied by Grew to: The ramifications of the endocarp in an apple or other fruit.
1674Grew Anat. Plants i. vi. §2 The Branchery is nothing else but the Ramifications of the Lignous Body throughout all the parts of the Parenchyma. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Apple, The branchery, or vessels are only ramifications of the woody part of the branch. |