Definition of branch

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Branch (n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family..

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Dialectics :: Dialectics (n.) That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.
Cladophyll :: Cladophyll (n.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum)..
Porites :: Porites (n.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms..
Physiophyly :: Physiophyly (n.) The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly..
Forked :: Forked (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting..
Electro-therapeutics :: Electro-therapeutics (n.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.
Fork :: Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road..
Ramulus :: Ramulus (n.) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms..
Branchiogastropoda :: Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata..
Monocephalous :: Monocephalous (a.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
Teuton :: Teuton (n.) A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
Branchery :: Branchery (n.) A system of branches.
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Ternate :: Ternate (a.) Having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers..
Dimyaria :: Dimyaria (n. pl.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve..
Organology :: Organology (n.) That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology..
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