TREE BRANCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree branch mean? 

• TREE BRANCH (noun)
  The noun TREE BRANCH has 1 sense:

1. any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

  Familiarity information: TREE BRANCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE BRANCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

limb; tree branch

Hypernyms ("tree branch" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree branch"):

stick (a small thin branch of a tree)

bough (any of the larger branches of a tree)

Holonyms ("tree branch" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

 Context examples 

Reach for the golden apple on the tree branch, dear Taurus, for a loving universe has placed it there for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)