branchletn.
/ˈbrɑːn(t)ʃlɪt//ˈbran(t)ʃlɪt/ A little branch, a shoot; in Botany a smaller branch growing from a larger one (rendering Latin ramulus); figurative a small division or offshoot.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Branchilet, a little Branch.
1820 Lindley Monogr. Roses Introd. 21 I have found it necessary to make a distinction between branches and branchlets.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 279 The dorsal branch divides at the carpus into two branchlets.
1883 E. Arnold Night Slaughter in Indian Idylls 241 There perched A thousand crows..some on branchlets.
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