TWIG


Meaning of TWIG in English

n. 1 a small branch or shoot of a tree or shrub. 2 Anat. a small branch of an artery etc. twigged adj. (also in comb.). twiggy adj.

[ OE twigge f. a Gmc root twi- (unrecorded) as in TWICE, TWO ]

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