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embranchment
CIDE DICTIONARY
embranchment, n. [Cf. F. embranchement.].
The branching forth, as of trees. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
embranchment, n. a branching-out (of the arm of a river etc.).
Etymology
F embranchement BRANCH (as EN-(1), BRANCH)
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