branchlet
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He who took a branch from off it, Took prosperity unceasing, What was broken from the summit, Gave unending skill in magic; He who broke a leafy branchlet, Gathered with it love unending.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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 Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
P. koraiensis resembles P. cembra in leaf and branchlet but not in the cone.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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 Shaw, George Russell
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 Gray, Peter
