One of the larger limbs or offshoots of a tree, a main branch; but also applied to a smaller branch.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch (110) boughc1000 One of the larger limbs or offshoots of a tree, a main branch; but also applied to a smaller branch. limbOE Transferred senses. A main branch of a tree. brancha1300 A portion or limb of a tree or other plant growing out of the stem or trunk, or out of one of the boughs; in a more specific sense, a branch is… trainc1390 A branch or shoot of a tree. Also figurative. Obsolete. grain1513 A bough or branch. Also, the fork between two boughs. Obsolete exc. dialect. palm1559 gen. The branch of a tree. Obsolete. rare. arm1579 A branch of a tree, esp. a main branch. Also: a branch of a vine or (occasionally) another plant. stem1584 Occasionally, a branch or shoot, in contradistinction to the stock. Obsolete. lug-pole1773 = sense 1. hag wood1804 Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). The smaller branches of (felled) trees, brushwood, etc., of the type typically used as firewood or for… hag1808 Scottish (north-eastern). The smaller branches of (felled) trees, brushwood, etc., of the type typically used as firewood or for kindling. Cf… tree branch1851 (a) a branch of a tree; (b) attributive (hyphenated) resembling the branch of a tree. rame1858 A branch of a tree or shrub. Subcategories:— branchy quality (2) — collectively (7) — main branch or bough (3) — twig (34) — young branch, twig, or shoot (10) — flexible and slender (9) — lower branch or sucker growing from root (6) — leafy or leafless (2) — crooked branch(es) (2) — spur or stump of branch or bud (14) — horizontal (1) — in poor condition or that damages others (2) — point of growth from trunk (1) — spread or expanse of (1) — as layer in tree height (1) — intermixture of branches (1) — formation after tree has been cut down (1) |
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