资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Branchlet \Branch"let\, n. [Branch + -let.]
   A little branch; a twig.

资料来源 : WordNet®

branchlet
     n : small branch or division of a branch; usually applied to
         branches of the current or preceding year [syn: {twig}, {sprig}]