branchlet

Example Sentences

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The fungus of the Poppy is very much more branched than that of the Potato, and every minute branchlet carries a spore.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Each season's growth of leaves hangs from the branchlet like a long beard, from which the tree receives, in some localities, the name "Pino barba caida."

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

I separated the branchlet into two equal parts: one I placed in my bosom; the other, having fervently kissed, I enclosed in a folded sheet, upon which I wrote the words— “Tuyo—tuyo—hasta la muerte!”

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne

Each branch and branchlet is terminated by a lengthening raceme of flowers.

From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various

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)