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an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress" a stream or river connected to a larger one a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" a natural consequence of development grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" |
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