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TWIGLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does twiglike mean?
• TWIGLIKE (adjective)
The adjective TWIGLIKE has 1 sense:
1. thin as a twig
Familiarity information: TWIGLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Context examples
A typical neuron consists of a cell body, containing the nucleus and the surrounding cytoplasm (perikaryon); several short radiating processes (dendrites); and one long process (the axon), which terminates in twiglike branches (telodendrons) and may have branches (collaterals) projecting along its course.
(Murine Neurons, NCI Thesaurus)
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