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TREE BRANCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tree branch mean?
• TREE BRANCH (noun)
The noun TREE BRANCH has 1 sense:
1. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Familiarity information: TREE BRANCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
limb; tree branch
Hypernyms ("tree branch" 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 "tree branch"):
stick (a small thin branch of a tree)
bough (any of the larger branches of a tree)
Holonyms ("tree branch" is a part of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Context examples
Reach for the golden apple on the tree branch, dear Taurus, for a loving universe has placed it there for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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