branchlet

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Very weird pines these were, chiefly covered with closely-packed dead foliage, with a living tuft of dark green at the end of each branchlet.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

The color of the branchlet, its lustre, the presence of minute hairs, etc., are often suggestions for determining species.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

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

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

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 bud spreads into a little branchlet and bears the flowers at the tip.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman