noun
- a small branch, especially one that grows from a larger branch of a tree or shrub
Usage: commonly used in botany and forestry
Examples
- The oak tree's branchlets were covered with fresh green leaves in spring.
- Birds nested among the delicate branchlets of the willow tree.
- Each branchlet of the pine tree bore small clusters of needles.
- The gardener pruned the dead branchlets from the shrub.
- Sunlight filtered through the intricate network of branchlets overhead.
- The maple's branchlets turned brilliant red in autumn.