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1. Having branches
   - branched, ramose, ramous, ramate
    
2. Resembling the branches of a tree

1. The act of branching out or dividing into branches
   - ramification, fork, forking

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

Derived forms: branchings

See also: branchy, divergent, diverging

Type of: diverge, division, grow

Encyclopedia: Branching