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BRANCHY

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 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: branchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: branchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

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Meaning:

Having many branchesplay

Example:

a branchy tree trunk

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

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