2. Verb. (third-person singular of twig) ¹
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Definition of Twigs
1. twig [v] - See also: twig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twigs
Literary usage of Twigs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1904)
"twigs rounded; prickles expanded at base. Lateral accessory buds may occur. R.
villosa, Downy Rose, is larger, more downy, and has no glandular hairs. ib) ..."
2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1908)
"In using twigs and leaves for fodder* the above represent the actual ...
The nutritive value of leaves and twigs, therefore, depends chiefly on the season ..."
3. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"The twigs are the overground stems and branches of perennial herbaceous or ...
The twigs of one plant only are now officinal. ..."
4. Annual Report by State Entomologist of Indiana (1910)
"This is a very contagious disease, chiefly affecting apples and pears, and, to
a less extent, quinces and plums. It is caused by PEAR twigs KILLED BY FIRE ..."
5. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1880)
"26); larva boring in tender twigs of felled Yellow Pine (EA Schwarz). ...
larva boring in the twigs of Cotton wood making a very smooth cylindrical burrow, ..."
6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Francis Wall Oliver, Mary Frances (Ewart) Macdonald, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"In the neighbourhood of Oporto, where Drosophyllum grows abundantly, the peasants
use these plants instead of lime-twigs, hanging them up Fig. SO. ..."
7. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Species as twigs of a Genealogical Tree.—In another essay Dr. Coues has compared
species of animals to " the twigs of a tree separated from the parent stem. ..."
8. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1900)
"The- whitened twigs were of nearly the same temperature as the atmosphere. ...
This difference of 15 degrees in temperature explains why natural twigs may ..."
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