sprig

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The prize, a degree answering to A. M., poetically described as a sprig of the Olea fragrans_, was the more coveted as the competitors were all honour men of the first grade, and it was limited to one in a hundred.

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  1. noun A small shoot or twig of a plant.
  2. noun An ornament in this shape.
  3. noun A small brad without a head.
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  • When Curry Plant is mentioned with food, it is always used sparingly, a few leaves in a mayonnaise or a sprig tucked in a cavity of a chicken. —  Find Me A Cure
  • Even a sprig or two in the groom's boutonniere is a nice touch. —  Kootenay Rockies - News
  • Each spindly sprig is topped with multiple narrow, pointed leaves.
  • I also rarely make a soup that doesn't include a bay leaf and / or a sprig of thyme to add aromatic depth. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • Every different kind of sprig, or little weed, that you can find--mosses, lichens, and all Rollo began to count. —  Rollo in Rome
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clump ·  wreath ·  tuft ·  stalk ·  teaspoonful ·  garland ·  bouquet ·  bunch ·  chives ·  twig ·  spray ·  chaplet
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English sprigge, alteration of spring, from Old English, source of water.

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  1. from Middle English spryg, sprigge, perhaps a variant of *sprikke, from Middle Low German sprik, Low German sprikk, stick, twig, = Anglo-Saxon *sprec (in Somner, not authenticated) = Icelandic sprek, a stick (smāsprek, small sticks); cf. Swedish dial, spragg, spragge = Danish dial. sprag, a sprig, spray: see sprag, sprag.
  2. from sprig, n.
  3. Cf. sprug.
  4. Cf. sprack.
 

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