BRANCHLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does branchlet mean? 

• BRANCHLET (noun)
  The noun BRANCHLET has 1 sense:

1. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

  Familiarity information: BRANCHLET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRANCHLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

branchlet; sprig; twig

Hypernyms ("branchlet" is a kind of...):

branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "branchlet"):

brier (a thorny stem or twig)

wand (a thin supple twig or rod)

withe; withy (strong flexible twig)

 Context examples 

Activation of PFs terminating on spines in dendritic branchlets leads to glutamate release and activation of both AMPA and mGluRs.

(Long-Term Depression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)