branchlet

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The branchlet furnishes evidence of the section to which the species belongs, for the bract-bases persist after the bracts have fallen away.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The uninodal spring-shoot may remain so throughout the growing season and become a uninodal branchlet.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Gradually the most obstinate branchlet with its spray of leaves is drawn into juxtaposition with the main part of the mansion.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

The leaves are little evergreen scales, which overlap, and being closely pressed to the branchlet, completely clothe and hide it.

From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward

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