branchlet

Example Sentences

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The bark utensils will wear longer if a slender rootlet or branchlet of pliable wood is sewed, with the "over-and-over" stitch, to the edge of the article.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina

Nothing stirred; each leaf hung motionless from its branchlet as they passed.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

The leaves are little evergreen scales, which overlap, and being closely pressed to the branchlet, completely clothe and hide it.

From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward

The bud spreads into a little branchlet and bears the flowers at the tip.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman

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