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twig | American Dictionary

twig
noun[ C ]
us/twɪɡ/
a small, thin branch of a tree or bush, esp. one removed from the tree or bush and without any leaves:
We gathered some dry twigs to start the fire.

Examples of twig

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The leaves and small green stems (twigs) were separated and incorporated in to the soil while fresh on the same day that they were pruned.
The fossil wood occurs in pieces ranging in size from twigs and branchlets to large trunks over a metre in diameter and even stumps.
Thus, f or each species 160 twigs were selected to represent the whole plant canopy.
Scale insects were collected from different parts of each tree, such as the apical and lower parts of twigs and the main stem.
The miscellaneous fraction contained twigs, fruits and flowers.
Stevens (1987) suggests that lianas impact host canopies by constricting growing twigs and branches and reducing fecundity.
Six erect twigs were selected from naturally occurring plants growing in three contrasting light environments.
Diameters of branches and twigs were measured as traversed by a randomly positioned 2-m-length straight-line transect marked out with string.
From each tree, two 20 cm twigs (c. 3-5 mm in diameter), each bearing at least ten leaves, were selected from the middle canopy (c. 1.5 m high).
The samples were oven-dried at 70o for 72 h, after sorting into two fractions: leaves and miscellaneous (leaf fragments, reproductive parts and twigs with diameter < 1 cm) and weighed.
The females of several pine bast scales share a habit of locating inside the bark of tree trunks or twigs, which might be explained as a way of predator evasion.
The increase in leaf number o n t he tagged twigs during a particular month was considered leaf flush, and the decrease in the leaf number represented leaf fall.
When the respondent persisted in his unwillingness to adhere to the contract by delivering twigs and wet branches instead of high-quality wood the court was approached again.
147 (3) trunks, (4) boughs and branches (> 1 cm diameter), (5) foliage (leaves and twigs, < 1 cm diameter), (6) lichens and mosses, (7) flowers, (8) fruits, (9) seed-containing inflorescences.
We collected leaf litter from the home ranges of colonies by removing all decomposing leaves, twigs, seeds, seed pods, and organic material, though we did not collect wooden debris.
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