branchlet

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P. koraiensis resembles P. cembra in leaf and branchlet but not in the cone.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Then stretched I forth my hand a little forward,   And plucked a branchlet off from a great thorn;   And the trunk cried, "Why dost thou mangle me?"

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Under a hand-lens it is seen to consist of tiny, upright, brown stalks which are branched at the tips, each branchlet being crowned with a naked head of pale-coloured spores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

The presence of wax, as a bloom on the branchlet, is associated with trees in arid localities, especially Mexico, where it is very common.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The bark utensils will wear longer if a slender rootlet or branchlet of pliable wood is sewed, with the "over-and-over" stitch, to the edge of the article.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina