branchlet

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One single lateral branchlet of a tendril, estimated to be at least ten years old, was still elastic and supported a weight of exactly two pounds.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

He who took a branch from off it, Took prosperity unceasing, What was broken from the summit, Gave unending skill in magic; He who broke a leafy branchlet, Gathered with it love unending.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

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

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

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)