branchlet
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Nothing stirred; each leaf hung motionless from its branchlet as they passed.
From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
The girl is soft of speech, fair of form, like a branchlet of basil, with teeth like chamomile-petals and hair like halters wherefrom to hang hearts.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
A maiden shining bright of blee, As Myrtle branchlet Asia bred, Which Hamadryad deity As toy for joyance aye befed 25With humour of the dew.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Lina Beard
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