branchlet
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The branchlet furnishes evidence of the section to which the species belongs, for the bract-bases persist after the bracts have fallen away.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
The workman, placing the gimlet above the long, slender branchlet of wood, bores half the length, and then reverses the position to operate upon the other half.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
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 E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Leaves from 8 to 15 cm. long, serrulate; stomata ventral only; resin-ducts external, external and medial, or medial, all three conditions sometimes occurring in leaves of the same branchlet.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
The first group, Ectocarpeæ, is composed of thread-like jointed plants, the fructification of which consists of external spores, sometimes formed by the swelling of a branchlet.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Peter Gray
