sprig

Definitions

1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
2. shrub
3. An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
4. One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
5. mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus
6. A youth; a lad.
   derogatory, humorous, mildly, sometimes
7. plant (organism of the kingdom Plantae)
8. A brad, or nail without a head.
9. third-person singular present indicative
10. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
11. A house sparrow.

Equivalents

Examples

“a sprig of laurel or of parsley”

“[…] from this bush in the dooryard, / With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green, / A sprig with its flower I break⟳.”

““Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard.[…]"”

“a sprig whom I remember⟳, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago”

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