| 释义 |
branchlet|ˈbrɑːnʃlɪt, -æ-|
Also 8 branchilet.
[f. as prec. + -let.]
A little branch, a shoot; in Bot. a smaller branch growing from a larger one (rendering L. ramulus); fig. a small division or offshoot.
1731Bailey, Branchilet, a little Branch. 1820Lindley Monogr. Roses Introd. 21, I have found it necessary to make a distinction between branches and branchlets. 1881Mivart Cat 279 The dorsal branch divides at the carpus into two branchlets. 1883E. Arnold Nt. Slaughter in Ind. Idylls 241 There perched A thousand crows..some on branchlets. |
