Stem
Stem noun - Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something.
Twig
Twig noun - A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year.
Stem and twig are semantically related in small branch topic. Sometimes you can use "Stem" instead a noun "Twig".
Nearby Word: twiggy
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