branchlet
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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 Edward Step
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 bud spreads into a little branchlet and bears the flowers at the tip.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Ella Rodman Church
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
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
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