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LIMB |
Main branch |
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BOUGH |
Main branch of a tree |
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DROPPER |
A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main
lode. |
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FEEDER |
A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line
which increases the business of the main line. |
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SESSILE |
Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a
petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. |
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RAMIFICATION |
A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main
stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve. |
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BRANCH |
Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way,
theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic;
a branch store. |
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STEM |
A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with
a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an
apple or a cherry. |
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KNOT |
... of woody
fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a
hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remain... |