branchlet

Example Sentences

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Nothing stirred; each leaf hung motionless from its branchlet as they passed.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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

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

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

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

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)