Definition of branch

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Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..

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Tectibranchia :: Tectibranchia (n. pl.) Same as Tectibranchiata.
Halacha :: Halacha (n.) The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.
Suprahyoid :: Suprahepatic (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins..
Dorsibranchiate :: Dorsibranchiate (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
Bi- :: Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc..
Coma :: Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds..
Branchiostegous :: Branchiostegous (a.) Branchiostegal.
Scutibranch :: Scutibranch (n.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
Conics :: Conics (n.) That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.
Podobranchiae :: Podobranchiae (pl. ) of Podobranchi.
Fourche :: Fourche (a.) Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross..
Zamang :: Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree..
Patronomayology :: Patronomayology (n.) That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
Chrysology :: Chrysology (n.) That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.
Dermobranchiate :: Dermobranchiate (a.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.
Solenostomi :: Solenostomi (n. pl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..
Decacerata :: Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata..
Sparse :: Sparse (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like..
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