branch

(n) a division of some larger or more complex organization
- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
subdivision, arm,
(n) a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
(n) a part of a forked or branching shape
- he broke off one of the branches
ramification, leg,
(n) a natural consequence of development offshoot, outgrowth, offset,
(n) a stream or river connected to a larger one
(n) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- the arm of the record player
- an arm of the sea
- a branch of the sewer
arm, limb,

(v) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
ramify,
(v) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- The road forks
furcate, fork, ramify, separate,

subdivision arm ramify furcate fork separate ramification leg offshoot outgrowth offset limb

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