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Recent Examples of branchlet
The photo of the branchlet tips shows the male pollen cones of cedar, which occur at the tips.
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oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2022
Only lemon trees require other pruning, to thin out twiggy branchlets so the plant can put more energy into vigorous branches, and to let light into the plant.
—Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
Roth’s weeping fig is a classic example: braided trunk, delicately drooping branchlets, and a dense shock of glossy leaves about 2 inches long .
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for branchlet
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Ross suffered a cut to his right arm that required 20 stitches, as well as a cut to his left hand that required 13 stitches, according to the affidavit, which includes photos of Ross’s bloody limbs.—
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One of the dogs had pressure sores on all of its limbs, indicating inactivity, the detective wrote.—
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One afternoon Camacho paused on a trail and stripped the shoots of the duroia tree to reveal tiny ants living inside.—
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When shoots are a foot or so long cut them back 4 to 6 inches.—
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Prairie View Ranch in Morgan County CBS She recently sponsored a bill to help local governments fund the Arkansas Valley Conduit water pipeline, a 130-mile pipeline with spurs that would serve 39 communities and 50,000 people east of Pueblo.—
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That could include another brewery, but the property also has a rail spur, high ceilings and loading bays — all of which could be useful for other kinds of manufacturers.—
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The council was created in 2010 as an outgrowth of efforts to prevent such a crisis from happening again.—
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This is a natural outgrowth of Black Bear’s business.—
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
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Congress, as the legislative branch, needs to seek bipartisan solutions to some of the major problems facing the United States today.—
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The long strange trip that is the Grateful Dead and its primary offshoot, Dead & Company, has truly faded into grey with the passing of Bob Weir.—
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Fare Thee Well concerts celebrating the Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary in 2015, Weir enlisted one of the gig’s guests, John Mayer, to join him, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and other Dead associates in the new offshoot Dead & Company.—
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Downspouts clogged with leaves or twigs are the primary cause of winter freeze-ups.—
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The bag is framed with holiday decoration illustrations including pieces of cranberry and twigs.—
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“Branchlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/branchlet. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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