Definition of branch

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Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store..

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Trinervate :: Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.
Girandole :: Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form..
Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..
Brake :: Brake (n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern..
Palliobranchiata :: Palliobranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Brachiopoda.
Sertularia :: Sertularia (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.
Multiramified :: Multiramified (a.) Divided into many branches.
Pulmobranchiate :: Pulmobranchiate (a. & n.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate..
Softa :: Softa (n.) Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school..
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..
Lophobranch :: Lophobranch (n.) One of the Lophobranchii.
Phyllocladium :: Phyllocladium (n.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation..
Tetractinellida :: Tetractinellida (n. pl.) A division of Spongiae in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinae.
Xanthidium :: Xanthidium (n.) A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone..
Stem :: Stem (n.) A branch of a family.
Ornithichnology :: Ornithichnology (n.) The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.
Mycology :: Mycology (n.) That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.
Incurrent :: Incurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca..
Dermobranchiata :: Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.
Opisthobranchiata :: Opisthobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs..
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