1. Small branches that grow from the main branches of a tree or shrub.
Usage: Plural form of branchlet; 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.
• The botanist examined the branchlets to identify the species of shrub.
• Winter frost had damaged many of the young branchlets on the fruit trees.
• The branchlets of the pine tree were laden with pinecones.
• She carefully pruned the dead branchlets from the hedge.