Not having or divided into branches.
a long, unbranched chain of amino-acid residues called a polypeptide
Example sentencesExamples
- In plants with long unrooted unbranched stems, branching on a phytomer can be induced by the outgrowth of an adventitious root from one of the two root primordia present at its node.
- An approximately 30 cm unbranched stem or branch segment was cut directly from the plant.
- The colonies grow as branched or unbranched chains.
- All trees 4-5 m tall had epicormic branches; no taller unbranched trees were observed.
- The vestures in S. japonica vary from small and unbranched to largely branched and widely expanding.