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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  branched \branched\ adj.
     1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
        as, long branched hairs on its legs, on which pollen
        collects.
  
     Syn: bifurcate, biramous, forked, pronged, prongy.


          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. same as {branching}, a..
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Branching}.]
     1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
        to ramify.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part; to
        diverge.
  
     {To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
        discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
        enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  branched
       adj 1: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
              "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long
              branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects";
              "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning";
              "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy
              roots" [syn: {bifurcate}, {biramous}, {forked}, {forficate},
               {pronged}, {prongy}]
       2: having branches [syn: {branching}, {ramose}, {ramous}, {ramate}]

















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