branchlet
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Very weird pines these were, chiefly covered with closely-packed dead foliage, with a living tuft of dark green at the end of each branchlet.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker
The color of the branchlet, its lustre, the presence of minute hairs, etc., are often suggestions for determining species.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
Capillitium of long brown threads suspended from the apical disk, the threads branched a few times, occasionally anastomosing by a short, transverse branchlet, the free ends often forked.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
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 presence of wax, as a bloom on the branchlet, is associated with trees in arid localities, especially Mexico, where it is very common.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
