From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
branched \branched\ adj.
1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
as, long branched hairs on its legs, on which pollen
collects.
Syn: bifurcate, biramous, forked, pronged, prongy.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. same as {branching}, a..
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Branching}.]
1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
to ramify.
[1913 Webster]
2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
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{To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part; to
diverge.
{To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
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To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
branched
adj 1: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two
branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod";
"long branched hairs on its legson which pollen
collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked
lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop
prongy roots" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {branched},
{forked}, {fork-like}, {forficate}, {pronged}, {prongy}]
2: having branches [syn: {branched}, {branching}, {ramose},
{ramous}, {ramate}]
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