/ English Dictionary |
BRANCHY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
a branchy tree trunk
Classified under:
Similar:
arboreal; arboreous; arborescent; arboresque; arboriform; dendriform; dendroid; dendroidal; tree-shaped; treelike (resembling a tree in form and branching structure)
brachiate (having widely spreading paired branches)
branched; branching; ramate; ramose; ramous (having branches)
bushy (resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading)
long-branched (having long branches)
maple-like; maplelike (resembling maple)
mop-headed ((of trees) having a bushy top without a leader)
stiff-branched (having stiff branches)
thick-branched (having thick branches)
well-branched (having good branches)
Antonym:
branchless (having no branches)
Derivation:
branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
branch (a part of a forked or branching shape)