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thick-branched

thick-branched

3.4
A tree or plant with thick limbs coming from its trunk
  • adjective
translation icon : de ramas gruesas
  • The old oak tree was thick-branched, providing ample shade during the hot summer days.

Examples

  • Each building had a garden in front of it, well-tended and enclosed by a double fence: a pinkish stone wall, and behind, all along it and higher than it, evergreen shrubs, thick-branched and shaven straight.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The thick-branched bushes along the path were perfect for the birds to nest in.

  • We admired the thick-branched trees as we walked through the lush forest.

How Slender

slender
7 3.5
columnar
1 6.4
Populus tremuloides
  • Specialized
8.4
thick-branched
3.4
stocky
20 2.8

Surface Forms

thick-branched positive

Morphology

thick-branched = thick + branch (transparent) = thick + branch + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'thick' + 'branched' (branch + -ed), so the meaning 'having thick branches' is directly derivable from the components.

Etymology

Thick-branched combines thick meaning 'wide or fat' and branch meaning 'arm of a tree', so it describes a tree with strong, wide arms that give shade.