English edit

Etymology edit

branch +‎ -like

Adjective edit

branchlike (comparative more branchlike, superlative most branchlike)

  1. resembling a branch of a tree
    • 1916, The Phi Delta Kappan, page 157:
      These roads, branchlike, divide and subdivide until they end in trails which finally tap a great hinterland inhabited by a scattered population.