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Adjective: branched  brãncht
  1. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
    "long branched hairs on its legs on which pollen collects";
    - bifurcate, biramous, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy
     
  2. Having branches
    - branching, ramose, ramous, ramate
Verb: branch  brãnch
  1. Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
    "these plants branch early and get to be very large";
    - ramify
     
  2. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
    "The road branches";
    - ramify, fork, furcate, separate

See also: branchy, divided

Type of: diverge, grow

Encyclopedia: Branched

Branch, Missouri