[1725–35; branch + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1725–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: copyright, pantheism, postmortem, roulette, vampire-let is a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the partof the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet)
The position of a leaf on a branchlet (indicative of age) determined its nutritional quality.
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They systematically explore the mechanisms underlying variable somatic complex spikes and identify branchlet-specific computation in dendrites.
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