Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being branchy; the state of being full of branches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Fullness of branches.
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- noun The quality of being
branchy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Darwin assumed that the richness of the taxonomic hierarchy was correlated with the branchiness of evolutionary trees ( "branchiness" refers to the extent of diversity within a part of the evolutionary tree; branchy parts of the tree are comprised of many lineages).
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Darwin assumed that the richness of the taxonomic hierarchy was correlated with the branchiness of evolutionary trees ( "branchiness" refers to the extent of diversity within a part of the evolutionary tree; branchy parts of the tree are comprised of many lineages).
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Often, it i 'necessary to prune the stems to encourage stump sprouting and branchiness.
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Their study did not address autocorrelation in branchiness of trees.
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