· a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

Synonym(s): subdivision, arm

Hypernym(s): division

· a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

Hypernym(s): stalk, stem

· a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"

Synonym(s): leg, ramification

Hypernym(s): subfigure

· a natural consequence of development

Synonym(s): outgrowth, offshoot, offset

Hypernym(s): consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot

· a stream or river connected to a larger one

Hypernym(s): stream, watercourse

· any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

Synonym(s): arm, limb

Hypernym(s): projection

· grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

Synonym(s): ramify

Hypernym(s): grow

· divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

Synonym(s): ramify, fork, furcate, separate

Hypernym(s): diverge