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branch
The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them. -
ajivika
a member of a former Indian sect originating in the 5th century b.c. as a heretical offshoot of Jainism: a disciple of Gosala. -
apophysis
a process, outgrowth, or swelling from part of an animal or plant -
chicago style
a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble. -
germ
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe. -
limb
Astronomy. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.