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branch
has definitions from the fields of geography,botany
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[ noun ] an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization
Synonyms Examples "a branch of Congress" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Branch Offices are_located in other large cities . Branch Offices are located in other large cities . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)These stores are still there , but the volume of the `` downtown store '' has been on a relative decline , while in many cities the suburban `` branch '' sells more_and_more dry_goods . No suburban shopping-center branch - not even Hudson 's vast Northland outside Detroit - does anything like the unit volume of business or carries anything like the variety of merchandise to be found in the home store . The suburban branch is thereby credited with a sale which would have been made even if its glass doors had never opened . Related terms division post_office executive_branch judicial_branch legislative_branch |
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[ noun ] (botany) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
Used in print (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Haying_time was close at_hand , and they needed some strong branches to repair a hay rack . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)It raced closer and they could see a woman with white hair , sitting astride an upright branch . It speared up_into_the_air , then sinking back , the up jutting branch turned slowly . |
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[ noun ] a part of a forked or branching shape
Synonyms Examples "he broke off one of the branches" "they took the south fork" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The bronchial_artery , except for a small number of short branches in the hilum , contributes none of the pleural blood supply . This pleural supply is derived both from hilar and interlobular bronchial_artery branches . Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface . Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface . With completion of filling , net-like anastomoses were noted to be present between these separately derived branches . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a natural consequence of development
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[ noun ] (geography) a stream or river connected to a larger one
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 718
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[ noun ] any projection that is thought to resemble an arm
Examples "the arm of the record player" "an arm of the sea" "a branch of the sewer" Related terms |
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