Definition of branch

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Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway..

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Phyllobranciae :: Phyllobranciae (pl. ) of Phyllobranchi.
Sessile :: Sessile (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom..
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..
Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..
Monorhina :: Monorhina (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
Hag :: Hag (n.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken..
Pulmonibranchiate :: Pulmonibranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Pulmonate.
Pulmonibranchiata :: Pulmonibranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Pulmonata.
Embranchment :: Embranchment (n.) The branching forth, as of trees..
Bosquet :: Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed..
Amputate :: Amputate (v. t.) To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils..
Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Basi- :: Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc..
Ornithology :: Ornithology (n.) That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
Malebranchism :: Malebranchism (n.) The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God..
Pygobranchia :: Pygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris..
Ramage :: Ramage (n.) Boughs or branches.
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Crown Office :: Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases..
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