branch

nouns

a division of some larger or more complex organization

"a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

arm, branch, subdivision

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

branch

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

a part of a forked or branching shape

"he broke off one of the branches"

branch, leg, ramification

is derived from

a natural consequence of development

branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth

a stream or river connected to a larger one

branch

is a type of (narrower)

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

"the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

arm, branch, limb

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

"these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

branch, ramify

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

"The road forks"

branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate