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bough
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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. -
boughpot
a bouquet of flowers or boughs -
frond
an often large, finely divided leaf, especially as applied to the ferns and certain palms. -
golden bough
a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld. -
spadix
an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe. -
supple
bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible: a supple bough.