definition of
branched

[1] #1 branched s. [bifurcate, biramous, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy] resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may dev. wn

[2] #2 branched s. [branching, ramose, ramous, ramate] having branches. wn