tree branch


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Noun1.tree branch - any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a treetree branch - any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
stick - a small thin branch of a tree
bough - any of the larger branches of a tree
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After inspection the two would come up with a song from the sea," Moti Guj, all black and shining, waving a torn tree branch twelve feet long in his trunk, and Deesa knotting up his own long wet hair.
But no--eventide is as pleasant to him as to me, and this antique garden as attractive; and he strolls on, now lifting the gooseberry- tree branches to look at the fruit, large as plums, with which they are laden; now taking a ripe cherry from the wall; now stooping towards a knot of flowers, either to inhale their fragrance or to admire the dew-beads on their petals.
As he perceived her, she had im- mediately begun to stare up through the high tree branches at the sky.
A RETIRED scientist died after being crushed by a tree branch in a field behind his Gwynedd home, an inquest heard yesterday.
ACHILD suffered serious injuries when a tree branch fell on him at a Welsh high school.
This is the moment strong wind struck again, leaving behind a fallen tree branch.
The Lawas district Civil Defence Force, in a statement today, said the body of Efendi Panil,45, was found stuck at a tree branch about 700 metres from where was believed to have been dragged by the crocodile.
A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man was attacked with a tree branch while walking in Jesmond.
A raft trip on the McKenzie River ended abruptly for two men Tuesday when a tree branch punctured their raft and it overturned, dumping them into the cold, rapidly moving water near Armitage Park sometime after 6 p.m.
A fire spokesman said: "The car had gone off the road and collided with the boundary wall of a house after a large tree branch fell onto the roof of the vehicle."
Officials handed out white flag and olive tree branch symbol of peace.
A: The damage you describe--large chips cut out of a branch to the point of a hollow being formed--is consistent with that of a pileatecl woodpecker working on a tree branch or trunk.