branch

a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"

a natural consequence of development

a stream or river connected to a larger one

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"