branchlet

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The first group, Ectocarpeæ, is composed of thread-like jointed plants, the fructification of which consists of external spores, sometimes formed by the swelling of a branchlet.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

Or a summer-shoot may appear on vigorous branches of any species with the result of converting a uninodal spring-shoot into an imperfect multinodal branchlet.

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

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)

A maiden shining bright of blee, As Myrtle branchlet Asia bred, Which Hamadryad deity As toy for joyance aye befed 25With humour of the dew.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir